Observation by David Davies: The Monkey Head Nebula

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Paul Downing

Observer

David Davies

Observed

2025 Feb 26 - 23:00

Uploaded

2025 Mar 07 - 10:11

Objects

NGC2175

Equipment

250mm Ritchey Chretien telescope with a 0.75x reducer
ZWO ASI 071MC Pro camera
SW EQ8 mount

Exposure

50 x 120s RGB, 30 x 300s Ha/OIII

Location

Cambridge, UK

Target name

NGC 2175

Title

The Monkey Head Nebula

About this image

I have attempted the Monkey Head Nebula in the past but somehow didn't spend enough time collecting sufficient data. At the end of February, we had some clear skies, and the attached image is the result of two or three evenings of work. The image combines regular RGB data, from which I extracted the star images and established the basis of the nebula image. I then strengthened the nebula image with narrow band data collected via an Antlia HA/OIII filter.

Files associated with this observation

N2175_Davies.jpg (3.8 MB)

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