IC443 to Sh2-261 widefield (erdmanpe)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: IC 2162 · IC 443 · NGC 2174 · NGC 2175 · NGC 2194 · Part of the constellation Gemini (Gem) · Part of the constellation Orion (Ori) · The star 1Gem · The star 64Ori · The star 69Ori · The star 71Ori · The star 72Ori · The star Propus (ηGem) · The star μGem · The star νOri · The star ξOri · The star χ2Ori

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IC443 to Sh2-261 widefield

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IC443 to Sh2-261 widefield

A wide field (~8x12 degrees) scene, beginning on the left with the bright nebulae IC443 & 4 (Sh2-248) and moving to the last bright nebula on the right, Sh2-261 (Lower's nebula). In between, the brightest object is NGC2174 (Sh2-252). The smallish Sh2-247 is to the left of 252.

I had attempted the left and right sides of this scene at longer focal length, but those images then missed the center objects: the small bright Sh2-254 with neighboring "stars" (Sh2-255, 6, 7, & 8). Sh2-259 is barely visible at this scale as a faint dot near a pair of stars to the right of the center group.

The diffuse Sh2-267, 8, & 9 are to the right, along with the cluster NGC2169 in the middle of the largish fuzzy in the upper right.

Log stretch and mild unsharp mask applied in Maxim.

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