The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros: Wide-field view
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Leonardo Orazi: "The Rosette Nebula (aka NGC 2237) is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of flowers . . . This view seemed most appropriate, with a long stem of glowing hydrogen gas in the region included in the composition. At the edge of a large molecular cloud in Monoceros, some 5,000 light years away, the petals of this rose are actually a stellar nursery whose lovely, symmetric shape is sculpted by the winds and radiation from its central cluster of hot young stars. The stars in the energetic cluster, cataloged as NGC 2244, are only a few million years old, while the central cavity in the Rosette Nebula is about 50 light-years in diameter."
Image Details:
Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106EDXIII F/5 530mm. - APO Refractor
Camera: Moravian C3-61000 Pro
Image Credit & Copyright: Leonardo Orazi
Leonardo's Website:
https://www.starkeeper.it/index.htm
Image Date: Sept. 5, 2022
Release Date: Aug. 3, 2023
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