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Rosette Nebula

Image taken at Clayton Bay, South Australia

Equipment - FSQ106ED and QSI683-8

Guiding - QSI OAG and SBIG ST-i.

Software - MaximDL, Focusmax, Pinpoint, CCDautopilot 5

SII Ha OIII RGB 240 450 750 100 120 120 (30 minute subs narrow band, 20 minute subs for RGB data)

Darks, flats and biases applied

Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS6

Object -Located in the constellation of Monoceros at a distance of 5200 light years and is 130 light years in diameter.