Observation by Graham Roberts: SH2-261 Lower's Nebula

Uploaded by

Graham Roberts

Observer

Graham Roberts

Observed

2022 Jan 20 - 21:00

Uploaded

2022 Mar 10 - 12:26

Objects

Sharpless 261

Planetarium overlay

Enable overlay
Show stars
Label stars
Show deep sky objects
Label deep sky objects
Show constellation boundaries
Show constellation sticks
Show constellation labels
Show RA/Dec grid

Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 06^h09^m
Dec: +15°44'
Position angle: +91°53'

Field size

2°07' × 1°25'

Location

Redhill, Surrey

Title

SH2-261 Lower's Nebula

About this image

Lower’s Nebula is situated in the outer regions of the Orion constellation, visually between Betelgeuse and Propus in Gemini. It mainly consists of HII ionized gas which is thought to be energised by the runaway bright star HD41997 at the centre, which is adjacent to a mysterious small bluish triangular object and a much fainter blue bubble, seen better in higher resolution images.

Clear skies were unusually plentiful here at Fairvale Observatory during January, which allowed for some 17-hours of integration time, albeit mostly accompanied by a waxing to full moon. The data lends itself to various processing approaches and I played around for a long while with different combinations, in the end favouring an SHO + HOO blend as the main image.

For further background information & imagimg details please refer to my webnsite here: https://watchthisspaceman.wordpress.com/2022/03/09/hidden-treasures/

Files associated with this observation

SH2-261 Lower's Nebula, Orion Constellation January 2022.png (1.5 MB)

Like this image

Simon Paul Davis, David Basey, Callum Potter

Copyright of all images and other observations submitted to the BAA remains with the owner of the work. Reproduction of work by third parties is expressly forbidden without the consent of the copyright holder. By submitting images to this online gallery, you grant the BAA permission to reproduce them in any of our publications.

Registered charity no. 210769
Registered company no. 117572

For more information including contact details, click here.

Our Terms of Use are here.

Our Privacy Policy is here.