Of Roses, Horns and Christmas Trees
by Ralf Rohner
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Of Roses, Horns and Christmas Trees
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Ralf Rohner
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The Rosette Nebula (C50) is a beautiful H-alpha nebula, located near the end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way.
Due to it's beauty and relatively high apparent brightness, it is a very popular target for deep space imaging. Its photographic attractiveness probably is the reason, why its equally stunning surroundings are often overlooked.
At about 200mm focal length, the Rosette Nebula shares the field of view with the Christmas Tree Cluster (NGC2264) and the Cone Nebula, a cone shaped, cold hydrogen molecular cloud blocking the light of a faint emission nebula behind it. Both the Cone and Rosette Nebula are part of a giant star forming complex.
I captured this "deepscape" of the Rosette and Christmas Tree region of our sky setting behind this landmark peak, during my skiing vacation in Arosa, Switzerland. The foreground lighting comes from snowcats preparing the slopes for another day of perfect skiing.
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April 24th, 2021
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