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Photographer:

Florencio Rodil

Location of Photo:

Queretaro, Mexico

Date/Time of photo:

Ha 11/01/2007, OIII and SII 11/02/2007

Equipment:

Telescope: orion 80ED Camera: Atik 16HR Filters: Baader Ha, OIII and SII. Mount: Losmandy G11

Description:

Rosette nebula in constellation Monoceros (magnitude 6, 80 arcminutes). In the center of the nebula lies the young (4 million years old) open cluster NGC2244. The intense ultraviolet light from the cluster's brightest stars are opening a hole around them, and they could eventually cause the dissipation of the entire nebula.

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