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



    
        

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Seagull's Head

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Seagull's Head, 



    
        

            Jan Scheers
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Seagull's Head

Acquisition details

Dates:
Dec. 14, 2021
Frames:
20×600(3h 20′)
Integration:
3h 20′
Avg. Moon age:
10.58 days
Avg. Moon phase:
81.45%

RA center: 07h04m24s.617

DEC center: -10°2645.69

Pixel scale: 0.620 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 0.676 degrees

Field radius: 0.362 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open 

Resolution: 3009x2928

File size: 1.2 MB

Data source: Amateur hosting facility

Remote source: Telescope Live

Description

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