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Observation by Alun Halsey: Monkey head Nebula

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Alun Halsey

Observer

Alun Halsey

Observed

2024 Feb 10 - 22:30

Uploaded

2024 Feb 14 - 16:03

Objects

NGC2174

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Constellation

Orion

Field centre

RA: 06h10m
Dec: +20°30'
Position angle: -179°49'

Field size

1°29' × 0°48'

Equipment
  • Esprit 150ED apo triplet with 0.77x reducer/flattener (f/5.6)
  • Atik 16200 large format colour CCD camera
  • Altair astro 2" Triband filter
  • Mesu-200 Mk1
Exposure

Five subframes at 600 seconds each (50 minutes total integration)

Location

Reading Berkshire UK

Target name

Monkey Head Nebula

Title

Monkey head Nebula

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Stacked,flat and dark frame calibrated in ASTAP,processed and image cropped in Photoshop CS2 using Annie's and Astronomy Tools action sets.

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