NGC2174

Monkey Head Nebula

NGC2174

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Object Info

Type

Emission Nebula

Constellation

Orion

Distance

6,400 ly

Capture Details

Date

January 7, 2006

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

SII 5x15 (bin 2x2), Ha 9x15 (bin 1x1), OIII 5x15 (bin 2x2) as RGB

Notes

Multi-night image collection

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor

Focal Length

530mm @f/5

Mount

Celestron CGE

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm SII, Ha, OIII

Software

Maxim DL, RegiStar, Photoshop