NGC 2170

[dcrowson]

NGC 2170 (Ced 63, DG 88, LBN 994, vdB 67 and others) is the blue reflection nebula at the right center.

NGC 2182 (Ced 68, DG 93, LBN 998, vdB 72 and others) is the blue reflection nebula at the left, just above center.

Ced 66 (DG 90, LBN 995, vdB 69 and others) is the blue reflection nebula to the left of NGC 2170.

Ced 65 (DG 89, LBN 993, vdB 68 and others) is the blue reflection nebula above Ced 66.

LBN 999 (DG 92) is the large reddish nebula below Ced 66.

All of these nebulae are located in Monoceros. See the annotated image.

Luminance – 6x600s – 60 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 6x600s – 60 minutes each – binned 1x1

240 minutes total exposure – 4 hours

Imaged on March 23rd, 24th and 25th, 2022 at the El Sauce Observatory – Telescope.Live (Rio Hurtado, Chile) with a FLI PL 16803 on an ASA 500N at f/3.8 1900mm.

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/ ... 8/sizes/l/
LRGB annotated - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/ ... 4/sizes/l/

My previous refractor image can be found here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/35580148404.



Dan

[Graeme1858]

That's beautiful Dan!

Graeme

[Ylem]

Very beautiful image Dan!

[Gordon]

Congratulations Dan on having your image selected as our TSS APOD!

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[The Wave Catcher]

That’s a beautiful, yet spooky image. Congrats on the TSS APOD!

[starfield]

Congrats on the APOD. Great capture of one of the prettiest targets in the night sky.

[OzEclipse]

Beautiful image Dan. Congratulations on a well deserved APOD.

[MariusD69]

Very impressive! I love the details from dark nebula. Great work! Congrats for APOD!