NGC 2170 "Angel Nebula"NGC 2170 or "Angel Nebula" shines blue & light red/pink below and to the left of center. Reflected light from nearby hot stars give it and smaller ones in the field the blue color of reflection nebulae. Just above NGC 2170 near center is a red emission nebula with dark dust clouds thought to be most likely LBN 999 from the Lynds Bright Nebula Catalog. All are in the Mon R2 molecular cloud in constellation Monoceros about 2,500 light-years from Earth. This is a joint project of James Foster and Michael A. Stecker using a Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P (10-inch f/4 Newtonian telescope) from Frazier Park California.
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Cropped photo at:
http://mstecker.com/images/astronomy/AstroimageIndex/brightnebula/Ngc2170AngelNebJRF-SW10newtASI6299MM7MC22024-HRGB3C-cr1.jpgPhotographic Datatelescope:
Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P
(10-inch f/4 Newtonian telescope with coma corrector)
FL= 1,000 mm
mount:
Astro-Physics 1200 GTO
guiding: off-axis
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imaging camera:
ZWO ASI56200MM and 6200MC Pro
near full frame
filters: and exposures:
H,R,G, & B shots of 196,171,173, & 177 minutes of accumulated exposures (R,G,B and
6200MC color camera shots were with 200sec subs
processing
Maxim-DL and Adobe Photoshop
photographic site:
Pinon Pines Estates (Frazier Park California)
(Bortle 4 at 5,500 ft elevation)
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