Here is IC 2177, a region of nebulosity that lies along the border between the constellations of Monoceros and Canis Major. The name Seagull Nebula is sometimes applied by amateur astronomers to this emission region, although it more properly includes the neighboring regions of star clusters, dust clouds and reflection nebulae. This latter region includes the open clusters NGC2335 and NGC 2343.
The narrowband imaging process for this version is a significant improvement over my last version of this target.
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Image Info
- Imaged from the KPO field in Saint Cloud, Florida.
- Camera : ZWO ASI1600MM Pro
- Lens: Canon 100-400 f/5.6L lens, set to 400mm
- Mount: iOptron SmartEQ Pro
- Hydrogen Alpha: 9 subframes of 300s = 45 min integration, assigned to Red
- Oxygen III: 9 subframes of 300s = 45 min integration, assigned to Green
- Sulfur: 9 subframes of 300s = 45 min integration, assigned to Blue
- Total integration time: 355 min = 2.25 hours.
- Captured via ASIAir Pro automation
- Optical tracking via ASIAir automation, currently using ST4 mount control via the ASI120MM-S guide camera
- Separate channels stacked and HOS integrated in Astro Pixel Processor
- Final processing in Aperture