Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)
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Sh2-174, Toni Fabiani
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Sh2-174, Toni Fabiani

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Description

Sh2-174 is a very faint but very large planetary nebula.
Located in the constellation of Cepheus and very close to the polar star.
It was discovered in the 1960s, and cataloged as a planetary nebula in the 1990s.
In the image we can see the Hydrogen zone and the other Oxygen zone very close together, but both take different directions.
Distance from Earth about 1000 light years and one of the closest planetary nebulae to Earth, with a magnitude of 14.75.
Exposure data:
Camera: QHY268M
Mount: Eq6r-Pro
Tube: Esprit 100
111x600" Ha
63x600" Oiii
100x60"R
100x60"G
100x60"B
33 hours of exposure.
November-December

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Sh2-174, Toni Fabiani