One of the most fascinating objects in the night sky to me is SH2-275 more commonly known as the Rosette Nebula. This star-forming region in space is located in the constellation of Monocerotis. The region forms a very pretty rosette on the night sky. Unfortunately, it is not visible to the naked eye since it is very dim.
The constellation of Monocerotis is part of the Orion Arm of our Milky Way galaxy, the constellation of Monocerotisis relatively close to the constellation of Orion.
The Rosette Nebula is an emission nebula, meaning that it emits light because of the presence of ionized hydrogen gas. The ionization is caused by a cluster of very hot young stars, NGC 2244, at the center of the nebula.
I got my eye on this object from one of my favourite astrophotographers – Trevor from Astrobackyard – Trevor has produced a fantastic image of the nebula using a dedicated astronomy camera – you can find Trevor’s article on his website Astrobackyard.com
On my page on cameras, you can see how I picture the nebula if it was observed using the ASI533MC pro camera.
Rosette Nebula – Facts
