The Rosette Nebula

A rare very clear sky last Friday saw me setup my telescope and imaging  kit in my Newark garden.This is the Rosette Nebula which is nearly 5000 light years away and a 100 lights years across!!
30 stacked images of 3 - 6 minutes and finished in Photoshop 3.



Cheers
Ron

That's a great shot Ron.  I wish I knew where all these things were in the sky - to me, it looks like just stars ………….. :oops:

Peter, unfortunately most of these heavenly bodies are only seen by the camera and are just 'fuzzy blobs' to the naked eye.Have a look at Stellarium, it's a good, free program that gives you a real time sky and shows where everything is??

Thanks

Ron