Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  IC 2159  ·  Monkey Head Nebula  ·  NGC 2174  ·  NGC 2175  ·  Sh2-252
NGC 2174, Frank Colosimo
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NGC 2174

NGC 2174, Frank Colosimo
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NGC 2174

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NGC 2175 is on open cluster in Orion, about 6,350 light years away. It has about 60 stars with a 'total' magnitude of 6.8 and is about 18 arc minutes across. The surrounding emission nebula is NGC 2174 and is a lot more intesting to astrophotographers. It is about 30 x 40 arc minutes and is known as the Monkey Head Nebula

Imaging data:

Date: Feb 16,18,20,21 2009 Processing: Apr 5 2020

Location: New Ringgold PA

Optics: TeleVue NP-101 at 540 mm

Mount: Paramount ME

Camera/Filters: Apogee Alta U8300 FLI CFW-2-7 FLI Filters

Guiding: Orion Starshoot Autoguider in Orion ST-80

Exposure: Luminance: 16x5 minutes unbinned, R:14x4 min G:14x4 min B:12x6 min, HA:14x5 min all binned 2x2. The LHaGB subs were used to produce the image for a total of 5.4 hours 54 subs avg 360 sec



Processing: Image acquisition using CCD Autopilot. Initial processing was done using Maxim DL with subsequent processing using Photoshop. The HA was used for the Red channel to produce an LHaGB image.

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NGC 2174, Frank Colosimo

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