The Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237) is a vast star-forming region about 5,000 light-years away in Monoceros.
Glowing hydrogen gas is sculpted by radiation from young stars, while dark dust marks where future stars may still form.
Captured where astronomy meets fine art. 🌌
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📸 The Rosette Nebula from DECam
A cosmic bloom in Monoceros. This glowing nebula spans 100 light-years and cradles young stars in its heart. Captured in vivid detail by DECam in Chile.
📅 APOD – July 16, 2025
📷 Credit: CTIO, NOIRLab, DOE, NSF, AURA
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Last night was beautiful and clear, with almost no moon, so we set our Dwarf3s up on the roof to catch some photons.
And up came a wind. Now my 3d printed roof mounts are good, but they do have a tiny bit of flex in them, and this showed. So I am now printing a revision to counter that flex. We'll see how it goes.
Despite the wind, I was still able to get quite a pretty shot of NGC2237 - The Rosette Nebula, and the various associated clusters.
The latest beta firmware updates to the Dwarf3 have added some interesting additional features - a machine-learning based noise reduction tool, and sub-frame dithering to improve image quality. The end result in suburbia still needs a little post-processing, but I am rather pleased with this shot - especially as it represents less than 15 minutes of exposure!
25x30s@gain80, Ha/OIII filter (inbuilt), and post processing the Snapseed and Google Photos.
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