This image of the Rosette Nebula, NGC 2237 or Caldwell 49, is the result of a transoceanic collaboration between Josep Maria Drudis, an american based great astrophotographer and myself (Aleix Roig).

Josep M. acquired high resolution data with his remote setup located near Coonabarabran, NSW Australia, using a PlaneWave CDK 20″. This data, originally processed and published in an amazing high resolution image of the core of the Rosette, was used for the highlights and details of the nebula. To create the wide field image we used my recent image made with the Takahashi FSQ85.

JM Drudis: https://astrodrudis.com/ngc-2237-the-rosette-nebula-hr-wide-field/

Image Details

Total exposure: 35.5 hours (Wide Field: 12h; CDK: 23.5 h)

In RGB and Hα – [SII] – [OIII]

Equipment

Planewave CDK 20” f/6.8 and Takahashi FSQ 85 f/5.3

Cameras: SBIG STX16803 (4096x4096pix) (CDK 20″ and ASI1600MM-C Pro (FSQ 85)

Guiding: Astrodon MonsterMOAG off-axis guider and ZWO OAG (FSQ 85)

Software

Processing: CCDStack, Photoshop CC 2018 and PixInsight 1.8

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