NGC 40

[dcrowson]

NGC 40 (PK 120+09 1, Caldwell 2, the Bow-Tie Nebula and many others) is a large, bright planetary nebula located approximately, 5,800 light-years away in Cepheus.

Ha – 26x1800s – 780 minutes – binned 1x1
Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

1140 minutes total exposure – 19 hours

Imaged September 23rd and 24th and October 2nd and 3rd, 2023 at Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.

HaLRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/ ... 6/sizes/l/



Dan

[Ylem]

That's beautiful Dan!
Lovely stars also.

[Jockinireland]

Excellent image