Monkey’s Head Nebula

NGC 2174 is an H II emission nebula located in the constellation Orion and is associated with the open star cluster NGC 2175. It is thought to be located about 6,400 light-years away from Earth. The nebula may have formed through hierarchical collapse.

 

Imaged on 1/24/20.

 

Nikon D5300 (Ha modified)

Explore Scientific ED102 APO Refractor

Celestron AVX

IDAS LPS D1 light pollution filter

 

54 light frames for 300 seconds at iso 800 stacked in DSS @90% (4 hrs integration).

darks, flats, and bias calibration frames.

 

Stacked in DeepSkyStacker and Processed in Startools 1.6.382.

Done