Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Gemini (Gem)  ·  Contains:  Gem A  ·  IC 443  ·  IC 444  ·  M 35  ·  Monkey Head Nebula  ·  NGC 2158  ·  NGC 2168  ·  NGC 2174  ·  Part of the constellation Gemini (Gem)  ·  The star 1Gem  ·  The star 3Gem  ·  The star 5Gem  ·  The star 68Ori  ·  The star Propus (ηGem)  ·  The star μGem  ·  The star χ2Ori
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Nebulas and Clusters in Gemini and Orion Mosaic, Alan Dyer
Nebulas and Clusters in Gemini and Orion Mosaic
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Nebulas and Clusters in Gemini and Orion Mosaic

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Nebulas and Clusters in Gemini and Orion Mosaic, Alan Dyer
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Nebulas and Clusters in Gemini and Orion Mosaic

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This is a two-panel mosaic of nebulas and clusters in southern Gemini and northern Orion.

The Messier 35 star cluster is at top accompanied by the smaller cluster NGC 2158. At left near the orange star Eta Geminorum is the crescent-shaped Jellyfish Nebula, IC 443, a supernova remnant. The fainter, diffuse nebula at far left is IC 444. At bottom and over the border in Orion is the Monkeyhead Nebula, NGC 2174. The little round nebula above NGC 2174 is Sharpless 2-247.

This is a mosaic of two segments for the northern and southern halves of the scene, with each half being a stack of 6 x 8-minute exposures at ISO 800 with no filter, plus a stack layered in of 6 x 8-minute exposures at ISO 3200 with an Optolong L-Enhance filter to bring out the faint red nebulosity. So this is a stack and blend of a total of 24 exposures. Alll were with the Canon EOS Ra camera on the SharpStar HNT150 Hyperbolic Newtonian astrograph at f/2.8.

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Nebulas and Clusters in Gemini and Orion Mosaic, Alan Dyer

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