NGC2174

Monkey Head Nebula

Object Info

Type

Emission Nebula

Constellation

Orion

Distance

6,400 ly

Date

January 8, 2011

Location

Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA

Exposure

SII 3x15 (bin 2x2), Ha 8x15 (bin 1x1), OIII 3x15 (bin 2x2) as RGB

Notes

Ha also used as the Luminance layer

Optics

Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor

Focal Length

530mm @f/5

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm SII, 3nm Ha, 6nm OIII

Software

Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop