NGC2251, the Open Star Cluster between the Rosette and Cone nebulas

[Comet Hunter]

NGC 2251 is a type III2p open cluster in Monoceros about 2 degrees southwest of the much better known Cone Nebula and 3.5 degrees north of the Rosette Nebula. It gets lost in the many objects in the area that attract imagers. As a result, there aren't many amateur images of this cluster. Also, it is a rather spread out, elongated cluster. WEBDA puts its age at just under 270 million years. Middle age for a cluster. It is about 4300 light-years away. Its stars are still somewhat blue though the brightest blue stars have long since died. It is little reddened so stars with some blue still predominate.

Welp, I had hopped it be a little more interesting but it is what it is.
(100) 5 min sub frames taken last night with my Stellarview SVX 102 with reducer, ASI2600mc camera, Altlia TriBand Filter.
Moving on to something else!

 

[JimFox]

Hey Ed, I actually like this a lot! I like the way the dust curves through the image. So I really like this!

 

[Comet Hunter]

Thanks, so much to see and image up there!

 

[Mike Lewis]

Ed,

I agree with Jim - the magnificent dust and gas you have captured makes the image. Very cool area for sure...

ML