Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  LBN 862  ·  LBN 863  ·  LBN 864  ·  LDN 1587  ·  Sh2-261
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Sh2-261 Lower's Nebula, Larry S
Powered byPixInsight

Sh2-261 Lower's Nebula

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Sh2-261 Lower's Nebula, Larry S
Powered byPixInsight

Sh2-261 Lower's Nebula

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

Lower's Nebula aka Sharpless 2-261 is a 10th magnitude Bright Nebula appearing in the constellation Orion. It is 2935 light years from our solar system.

Sharpless 2-261 appears roughly 30.0 x 15.0 arcminutes in size, corresponding to a physical diameter of 26 light years.

Comments

Revisions

  • Sh2-261 Lower's Nebula, Larry S
    Original
  • Sh2-261 Lower's Nebula, Larry S
    C
  • Sh2-261 Lower's Nebula, Larry S
    D
  • Final
    Sh2-261 Lower's Nebula, Larry S
    E

C

Description: HaRGB

Uploaded: ...

D

Description: Re-processed using improved PI workflow.

Uploaded: ...

E

Description: Improved stars

Uploaded: ...

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

Sh2-261 Lower's Nebula, Larry S

In these public groups

Cloudy Nights
ZWO ASI183/QHY183