by Dave Mitsky
This 60-second long image of the emission and/or reflection nebula NGC 2261 (Hubble's Variable Nebula) in Monoceros was captured remotely on 2009/11/24 using the Bradford Robotic Telescope's 14" f/11 Celestron C14 SCT and FLI MicroLine camera located on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. A Celestron focal reducer yielding an effective focal length of 1877mm at f/5.3 was employed. North is up and east is to the left in the image. For additional information on NGC 2261, see http://seds.org/~spider/ngc/ngc.cgi?2261 and http://heritage.stsci.edu/1999/36/supplemental.html