NGC2174 - The Monkey Head



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NGC2174 (also known as Monkey Head Nebula) is an HII emission nebula located in the constellation Orion and is associated with the open star cluster NGC2175.
It is thought to be located about 6,400 light-years away from Earth. [Wiki]


Optic SW Quattro 8S 200mm f/4 with Baader MPCC Mark III corrector
Camera EOS 600D Baader
Filters IDAS LPS-P2 2
Mount NEQ6 with EQASCOM
Guide
SW 70/500 with AlCCD5
Frame center
RA 06:09:39 DEC 20:28:09 J2000
Date
18th 19th February 2015
Site
Backyard, Busto G. Milan, Italy
Exposures 53x420s ISO800 - 11 dark, 17 flat, 17 bias

Integration time - 6h 11m

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