Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  IC 2177  ·  NGC 2335  ·  NGC 2343  ·  NGC 2351
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IC2177 - Seagull Nebula, Patrick Keller
IC2177 - Seagull Nebula
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IC2177 - Seagull Nebula

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IC2177 - Seagull Nebula, Patrick Keller
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IC2177 - Seagull Nebula

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I've wanted to record this emission nebula for a long time, but it is actually always very low on the horizon and the ideal time window from my garden is also very short. Nevertheless, I wanted to try it and used various nights in February.

For this I recorded moonless nights for RGB recordings and 3 moonlit nights with the Optolong leXtreme.

During image processing, I noticed the nearness of the horizon, especially with the RGB shots, I rarely needed so many passes of the DBE to get a reasonably calm background. For me, I learned a lesson from this - at least 35-40° above the horizon for a useful time.

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IC2177 - Seagull Nebula, Patrick Keller