By Catherine Hyde | 2025-10-09
Little Rosette Nebula (the period in the Question Mark Nebula
On 09/27/2025 01:00 am by Andy Dungan | Website | Near Cotopaxi, Colorado USA
Last year at this time I took pics of the Question Mark Nebula. This year I took pics of the period in the Question Mark and the period is called the Little Rosette Nebula (SH2-170) and it certainly looks much like it’s much larger cousin the Rosette Nebula. I can’t find reliable information on the size of the Little Rosette but it took maybe a half to a third of the frame using my 585MC. The Rosette Nebula would be 2 to 2.5 times wider than the frame of the 585MC. So the little one is much littler! My guess would be the little one is 10-20% of the size of the big cousin. It is also interesting too that the top of the question mark is located in Cepheus and the period in Cassiopeia.
ASI585MC Pro g252, AskarV@600f7.5, 90 10min pics (15 hours) exposure, +darks/biases/flats
AM5/ASIair+, EAF, Askar OAG with ASI174mini for guiding
PixInsight 100%. This one was relatively easy to process.