Nightscapes | Rosette Nebula

Rosette Nebula
Portage Lake, MN
20-minutes at f/4
Kodak PJ400 color negative film, pushed 1 stop

Rosette Nebula

This is a very large region of sky, but the beautiful red remnants of this supernova explosion are faint. One of the attractive features of the Rosette is the cluster of stars at its center. One of these may be the star that expoded eons ago leaving this signature shell of expanding and glowing gas.

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