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• RA: 06:32
• Dec: +4:52
• Magnitude: 4.8 (NGC 2244)
• Distance: 5500 ly
• Constellation: Monoceros

• Scope: Orion ED80
• Autoguider:  ST-4 in faint mode
• Sky conditions: Excellent seeing and transparency.
• Camera: Hap Griffin modified Canon 350XT
• Exposure:  4 x 10 min
• Date:  2/28/2009

Comments:  The Rosette is a vast cloud or dust and gas extending over an area of more than 1 degree.  Its parts have been assigned different NGC numbres: 2237, 2238, 2239, and 2246.  Within the nebula, open star cluster NGC 2244 is situated, consisting of young stars which recently formed from the nebula's material.  I could only get the four exposures because the Rosette was so low in the sky.