This is a reprocessed image of NGC2237

The Rosetta Nebula is a vast cloud of dust and gas, extending over an area of more than 1 degree across, or about 5 times the area covered by the full moon. Its parts have been assigned different NGC numbers: 2237, 2238, 2239, and 2246. Within the nebula, open star cluster NGC 2244 is situated, consisted of the young stars which recently formed from the nebula's material, and the brightest of which make the nebula shine by exciting its atoms to emit radiation. Star formation is still in progress in this vast cloud of interstellar matter; a recent finding of a very young star with a Herbig-Haro type jet by astronomers at the NOAO has been announced in Press Release NOAO 04-03 on January 22, 2004. -SEDS.ORG


Takahashi FSQ106ED with 0.73 reducer on a EM200 temma 2 mount
ST2000XM with CFW10 and Astrodon narrowband filters
Total exposure of 210 minutes with 10 min subexposure for Hydrogen alpha, SII and OIII
Guided with the internal guide chip at 15 sec exposure
Image acquisition with MaxIM DL, Image processing with CCD stack and PS CS2
Color mixing to enhance details. Other color versions http://www.pbase.com/mariobmd/image/94351405
http://www.pbase.com/mariobmd/image/94351340
Taken on March 13 2008 in Jackson, Ohio