NGC 2175 The Monkey Head Nebula
NGC 2175 The Monkey Head Nebula
This was a quick 2.75 hours on the little open cluster in the Orion constellation. NGC 2175 is actually an open cluster about 6,350 light years away from us. NGC 2174 is the nebula surrounding this open cluster.
Equipment
Telescope: Celestron RASA 11 (620mm focal @ f/2.2)
Filters: Baader Ultra-Highspeed F/2 3.5nm & 4nm Filters.
Main Camera: ZWO ASI 1600mm-pro Monochrome
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6r-Pro
Guide Scope: William Optics 50mm Uniguide
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 290mm-mini
Location
Location: Pendleton, Oregon
Observatory: NexDome 2.4m Automated
Bortle: 3
Long & Lat: 45.67N, -118.79 W
Shoot Parameters
Date: March 9th, 2022
R: 22 x 15 seconds
G: 25 x 15 seconds
B: 31 x 15 seconds
Ha: 20 x 120 seconds
Oiii: 25 x 120 seconds
Sii: 28 x 120 seconds
Calibration Bias: 20
Calibration Dark: 20
Calibration Flats: 30 for each filter
Integration Time: ~2.75 hours total
Gain: 139 unity
Cooling: -20
Processing Software: Stacked in Astro Pixel Processor, captured using NINA, Processed in PS
