The Rosette Nebula

Caldwell 49 – emission nebula
This is one of my all-time favorite targets to image and process, the Rosette Nebula in HOO with the gorgeous central star cluster NGC 2244, located in the constellation Monoceros (The Unicorn). The stars look like small pearls sitting on a silk pillow. I never get tired of this object and plan to image and re process it many more times to come.
Captured from my backyard in Delaware, Ont. Dec 4, 2022
William Optics Zenithstar 61ii
Flat 61A flattener
Canon T3i (Ha mod) ISO 800
Sky Watcher HEQ5-p
ASIair Plus
Optolong L-eNhance
Exposures:
Lights 76 x 180 seconds, darks, flats, biases
Stacked and processed in PixInsight, finished in Photoshop.