NGC2244

NGC 2244 is an open cluster closely associated with the Rosette Nebula in Monoceros, the stars of the cluster having been formed by the nebula's matter. This image was taken with a Starlight Xpress Trius 694 monochrome camera on a Takahashi FSQ 106 refractor.12x600s exposures in Ha as luminosity, 6x300s each for RGB were captured in Nebulosity, stacked in AstroArt with flats(no darks) and processed in Photoshop.

3 comments:

Max said...

Fantastic Image !

Max said...

Fantastic Image !

Brian said...

A fine, fine photograph Rhys, a bit blue though?