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NGC 2244 - Rosette Nebula
The Rosette Nebula never gets old. Taken with the 8″ Newtonian ONTC. NGC 2244 core starfield in the center actively doing it’s thing.
Location
Location: Pendleton, Oregon
Observatory: ASG Dual Dome Observatory
Bortle: 4
Equipment
Telescope: TS-Optics 8″ ONTC Newtonian Carbon with 1.0x corrector.
Filters: Astronomik MaxFR 50mm Round SHO & Badder LRGB
Main Camera: ZWO ASI 6200mm-pro Monochrome
Tilt & BackFocus Adjuster: ASG Electronically Assisted Tilt (EAT)
Mount: Eq6R
Guide Scope: William Optics 200mm
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 224mc
Processing Software: Captured with NINA, Stacked with Astro Pixel Processor, Processed in PixInsight
Acquisition
Date: January 10-15th
R: 51 x 60 seconds
G: 41 x 60 seconds
B: 31 x 60 seconds
Ha: 58 x 300 seconds
Oiii: 32 x 300 seconds
Sii: 59 x 300 seconds
Total Integration time ~15 hrs
Calibration Bias: 20
Calibration Dark: 20
Calibration Flats: 20 for each filter