Deep Sky Object in Winter
Southern region of Rosette Nebula

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Date & Time:	Dec 24 2005, from 24:17 to 24:49 JST(+0900), 4shots of 10min. exp.
	Dec 29 2005, from 22:57 to 23:28 JST(+0900), 4shots of 10min. exp.
	Mosaic of 2 flames
Optical:	AF zoom-Nikkor 80-200mmF2.8 (f=200mm, F2.8)
	with IDAS LPS-P1 light-pollution suppression filter
	Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI JP equatorial
Digital Camera:	Nikon D70 (Remodeled)
Location:	Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings:	Recording Format...12bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3008 x 2000)
	CCD Sensitivity...ISO800

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You can see a wide field around the Rosette nebula and southern small nebulosities in this image. The Rosette nebula is lying in upper part of the image and just south of it you can detect a medium sized Sh2-280, and a small nebula of Sh2-282 is positioned in southeast of Sh2-280. And a very dimmed reddish lane of nebula has been spread out in east of Rosette, this gaseous matter is reached a vast nebula of NGC2264 in north of the Rosette nebula.

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Wide field around Rosette Nebula

NGC2346

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