Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Monkey Head Nebula  ·  NGC 2174  ·  NGC 2175  ·  The star 68 Ori
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NGC2174 The Monkey Head Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
NGC2174 The Monkey Head Nebula
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NGC2174 The Monkey Head Nebula

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NGC2174 The Monkey Head Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
NGC2174 The Monkey Head Nebula
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NGC2174 The Monkey Head Nebula

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Description

The Monkey Head Nebula also known as NGC 2174 is a star-forming region in which bright, newborn stars near the centre of the nebula illuminate the surrounding gas with energetic radiation. The cloud is sculpted by ultraviolet light eating into the cool hydrogen gas.

Captured at PixelSkies, Castillejar, Spain 

www.pixelskiesastro.com

Ha 81 x 600s
OIII 8 x 600s
SII 18 x 600s

14 hours 50 mins in total.

Equipment used:

Telescope: Takahashi Baby Q FSQ-85ED F5.3

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Pro Mono Cooled to -10C

Image Scale: 2.08

Guiding: OAG

Filters: Astronomik Ha,OIII,SII

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition: Voyager

Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC, StarXTerminator, StarNet v2, NoiseXTerminator, BlurXTerminator

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