Should we call it "the monkey's skull nebula"? (Luigi Fontana)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas) · Contains: NGC 7762 · NGC 7822 · The star 10Cas

Should we call it "the monkey's skull nebula"?, Luigi Fontana

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Should we call it "the monkey's skull nebula"?

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***** ENG: wide field image taken during a nice summer night from Passo del Giovà, around 1400 m asl, in the Appennini. I usesd two telephoto lenses. Nikon APO 300 mm f/2,8 with SBIG 11000 and Halfa filter, and Canon 100-400 at 240mm with 6D Baader for color data. Also color only and Halfa only data are available. Image fusion by the great Edoardo Radice. Sh2-171 is the big nebula, VdB 140 the small round one. I think the big one looks a lot like ths skull of a monkey...

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***** ITA: ripresa a largo campo con due teleobiettivi sulla stessa montatura. Nikon APO 300 f/2,8 con camera SBIG11000 e filtro Halfa, più Canon 100-400 @ 240 e Canon 6D Baadr per il colore. Sono disponibili anche le immagini singole. Fusione dato del bravissimo Edoardo Radice. Sh2-171 è la nebuolsa grande, VdB140 quella piccola e tonda. La grande, a mio avviso, somiglia moltissimo ad un cranio di scimmia.

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