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

• Scope: 8" SCT at f/6.3
• Autoguider:  ST-4 in faint mode
• Sky conditions:1st night moderate seeing and transparency, 2nd night good seeing and transparency.  Both nights in the low 20s and frosty.
• Film: Fuji Superia 800 (no 4th layer)
• Exposure:  30 min and 45 min
• Date:  1/21/2002 and 2/12/2002

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.  These were just two of several attempts at these objects.  The earlier attempts were stymied by clouds and framing that was inconsistent from shot to shot.  I never managed to get two shots on the same night.  It's been a long, cloudy winter.