NGC 2244 - Rosette Nebula in Monoceros
 
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Telescope:

Luminance: Takahashi FS-128 apochromatic refractor, 1040 mm, F/8. RGB: Takahashi FSQ-106 apochromatic refractor, 530 mm, F/5

CCD Camera: SBIG ST10-XME / CFW-8 / Custom Scientific HA 4.5 nm
Mount: German equatorial mount Astro-Physics GE 600 GTO
Integration: Luminance: Mosaic h-alpha of 9 subframes in 27 shots. RGB: Mosaic of 4 subframes in 56 shots. Total 303 minutes.
Date / Location / Sky:

Lum: 23 Feb 2004 RGB: 12 Mar 2005

Sicily, Mt. Intraleo - Etna - Adrano, 1500 m s.l.
Sicily, Loc. Franchetto - Castel di Judica, 100 m s.l.

Medium seeing
Software: CCD CalcMosaic, CCDSoft, MaxIm-DL, PhotoShop
Publications:

Le Stelle June 2005

Star Observer (Austria) June 2004

RAI Educational 2 / RAI 3 22 Nazionale September 2005, "A scuola di stelle"