Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  IC 2159  ·  LBN 854  ·  NGC 2175  ·  Sh2-252
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Middle of the Monkey: NGC 2174, drblevy13
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Middle of the Monkey: NGC 2174

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Middle of the Monkey: NGC 2174, drblevy13
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Middle of the Monkey: NGC 2174

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Following up on my recent transition to imaging at f/10, I decided to try narrowband at long focal length unguided.  For this project, I tried to pay special attention to getting focus as clear as possible, and had a very low threshold for tossing any subframes that had the slightest eccentricity from influence of wind gusts.  The mount did not disappoint, and on two of three nights, wind was no more than 3mph so I only had to delete 10-20 subs.  The third night was not quite as successful, but I still think I got enough integration time to bring out the subtle details of this nebula.

Here we have the center of the Monkey Head Nebula, which is an emission nebula about 6400 light years away from Earth located in the Orion constellation.

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Middle of the Monkey: NGC 2174, drblevy13