Sh2-261, Lower's Nebula - First Light Redcat 61 (mhtandy)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: 67 Ori · 67 nu. Ori · 69 Ori · 69 f01 Ori · HD41593 · HD41602 · HD41640 · HD41997 · LBN 862 · LBN 863 · LBN 864 · LBN 873 · LDN 1586 · LDN 1587 · Sh2-261 · The star f1 Ori · The star ν Ori

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Sh2-261, Lower's Nebula - First Light Redcat 61

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Sh2-261, Lower's Nebula - First Light Redcat 61

Quick test of my new scope! In terrible conditions, of course! The Moon was very bright and only about 10 degrees away from Sh2-261. I used the Askar DNB filter to minimize the Moon's impact, but I did get some odd artifacts around the edges (cropped out of this image), that appear to be coming from internal reflections. I won't really know for sure until I can get back out when the Moon is out of the way - but clouds and rain are in the forecast for the next week.

High clouds came in right after I started, and hung around most of the way through. The data was pretty rough-looking overall and normally I would not have spent much time with it, but I suppose it's good to know what the scope can do in the worst conditions.

The good news: in the uncropped version, stars looked nice and round out to the corners!

Sh2-261 was discovered by father-and-son team Harold and Charles Lower in 1939.

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RA (center)	06h08m56s.92
RA (top/left)	06h09m53s.29
RA (top/right)	06h14m49s.40
RA (bottom/right)	06h07m59s.12
RA (bottom/left)	06h03m05s.87

Dec (center)	+15°35′18″.3
Dec (top/left)	+14°01′25″.8
Dec (top/right)	+16°17′54″.4
Dec (bottom/right)	+17°09′17″.4
Dec (bottom/left)	+14°52′17″.2

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