The Rosette Nebula

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Object Data: Located 13 degrees to the east of Orion, the Rosette Nebula (NGC 2244) is another spectacular object of the winter Milky Way. More than 1 degree across, it is a large area of star clustering, star formation, and glowing ionized gas fuelled by the hottest stars in the central region. In the dense central region gases and dust have most rapidly condensed into new stars, causing the 'hollowed out' appearance.

Date: 12/27/03
Location: Beaver Meadows Observatory
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ at f/5
Autoguider: SBIG ST-4
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel 
Details ISO 800
Exposures: 18 at 5 minutes 

Notes:  I learned a great deal about the Canon EOS Digital Rebel while taking this image.  First always remember to check the ISO setting on the camera.  I took about an hours worth of exposures on ISO100.  The faint nebulosity barely shows up at ISO 100.  As I gain some experience processing I will try to incorporate these into this image.  I also had one of my Compact Flash Cards become corrupted.  Thanks to a program called PHOTORESCUE I was able to recover my lost images.  I spent about five hours trying to recover an hours worth of data.  Around WNY the opportunities to take images are so precious it was worth it.  

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