Rosette Nebula Captured with DECam
Cradled within the fiery petals of the Rosette Nebula is NGC 2244, the young star cluster which it nurtured. The cluster’s stars light up the nebula in vibrant hues of red, gold and purple, and opaque towers of dust rise from the billowing clouds around its excavated core. This image, captured by 570-megapixel Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera (DECam), mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, a Program of NSF NOIRLab, is being released in celebration of NOIRLab’s fifth anniversary.
Credit:CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA
Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2424a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | Oct. 1, 2024, 10 a.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2424 |
Related announcements: | annee24004 |
Size: | 21057 x 17915 px |
About the Object
Name: | NGC 2244 |
Distance: | 5000 light years |
Constellation: | Monoceros |
Category: | Nebulae Star Clusters |
Image Formats
Publication TIFF 4K
20.9 MB
Publication JPEG
3.7 MB
Screensize JPEG
334.1 KB
Wallpapers
1024x768
341.6 KB
1280x1024
536.5 KB
1600x1200
758.8 KB
1920x1200
892.7 KB
2048x1536
4.6 MB
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 6 32 10.96 |
Position (Dec): | 4° 55' 3.62" |
Field of view: | 94.75 x 80.62 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
---|---|---|
Optical OIII | 501 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical H-alpha + NII | 662 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical S II | 673 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |