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IC 2177


 

Object:

IC 2177 - Seagull Nebula in Monoceros

RA= 7 hrs 04 min; Dec = -10 deg 27 min

Date & Site:

Imaged over 3 nights beginning on 2/22/17; Carlsbad, CA

Conditions: temps in the low 50's; clear, poor seeing

Equipment:

Telescope: TEC 140 940 m at f/7

Guider: SBIG guidehead/Hutech OAG5

Mount: Losmandy G-11 with Gemini

Camera: ST-10XME; CFW10; Astrodon Ha (3nm) and RGB Gen II filters

 

Notes:

This image shows only a portion of a very large emission nebula (IC 2177, Gum1, and SH2-292). Shown in this narrow field of view is what would be the head of a seagull.

The Seagull Nebula is located inside the Orion spur -- the same partial spiral arm of the Milky Way where our solar system is located. The region near the seagull's eye ( NGC 2327) contains a cluster of stars born about 1.5 million years ago. The eye is the brightest and hottest of the newborn stars in the entire nebula.

Exposures: 4.25 hrs of Ha (15 minute subexposures) and 20 min each RGB (10 min subs) for a total of 5.25 hours.

IC 2177 is approx. 3,800 light years away.

(image reduced to 60% of original size)

FOV = 52 x 35 arc minutes

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