Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  IC 2177  ·  LBN 1027  ·  LBN 1033  ·  PK223-02.1  ·  Sh2-292  ·  Sh2-296  ·  VdB91
Seagull's Head, Jan Scheers
Powered byPixInsight
Seagull's Head, Jan Scheers
Powered byPixInsight

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

Close-up view of the Seagull's Head, part of IC 2177.

It's a detail of IC 2177 or the 'Seagull Nebula'. The Seagull's Head of IC 2177 is also cataloged as NGC 2327.

This SHO-image was captured with the ASA500N telescope and FLI PL16803 camera from Telescope Live in El Sauce Observatory, Chile.

Total integration time 240 minutes.
SHO 7:8:9 subs of 600s with each narrow band filter (SII, H-alpha and OIII).

Processing with Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

Seagull's Head, Jan Scheers