The Rosette Nebula

The Rosette Nebula is about 5500 light years from us and is about 65 light years across. It can be found in the consellation Monoceros. I spent the better part of two nights in February aquiring the data for this image. It ended up being about 4 hours 20 mins of total exposure. Here's the equipment list used:

• Losmandy GM811G Mount
• Stellarvue SV70T Telescope with a 0.8 flattener/reducer
• QHY183C Camera
• ASI120MM Guide Camera and 60mm generic guide scope
• StellarmateOS on a home built Raspberry Pi

Check out the Herchel Telescope page with loads of interesting information on this star nursery.