Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)  ·  Contains:  Monkey Head Nebula  ·  NGC 2174  ·  NGC 2175  ·  The star 68Ori
Monkey Head Nebula NGC 2174 Wide Field SHO, Jesse Priolo
Monkey Head Nebula NGC 2174 Wide Field SHO
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Monkey Head Nebula NGC 2174 Wide Field SHO

Monkey Head Nebula NGC 2174 Wide Field SHO, Jesse Priolo
Monkey Head Nebula NGC 2174 Wide Field SHO
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Monkey Head Nebula NGC 2174 Wide Field SHO

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Monkey Head Nebula in SHO palette

Mix of my suburban backyard data and local Bortle 3 dark(ish) sky site, though bad seeing & gusty winds really knocked the quality of my dark sky data. Oh well.

Ha 44 x 300s

O3 31 x 300s

S2 27 x 300s

Final Combo Matrix

L: 0.6*Ha + 0.2*O3 + 0.2*S2

R: S2

G: 0.85*Ha + 0.15*O3

B: 0.9*O3 + 0.1*Ha

Majority of processing in PixInsight, final color and contrast tweaks in PS2021

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Monkey Head Nebula NGC 2174 Wide Field SHO, Jesse Priolo