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 |
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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 |
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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 |