Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  IC 2177  ·  LBN 1027  ·  PK223-02.1  ·  Sh2-292
Seagull's Head, Jan Scheers
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Seagull's Head

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Seagull's Head

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NGC 2327 is known as the Seagull's Head, located in the Seagull Nebula IC 2177.
It is a large region of nebulosity: you can recognize emission nebula (red HII star-forming region), reflection nebula (blue hues) and semi-dark dust lanes.

Image was acquired with the Planewave CDK24 telescope and FLI PL09000 CCD-camera from Telescope Live in El Sauce Observatory, Chile.

Total integration time: 200 minutes
LHaRGB 4 subs of 600s with each filter.
FOV 32' x 32' (0.68"/px)

Processing with AstroPixelProcessor and Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI & Franzis Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

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Seagull's Head, Jan Scheers