NGC 2182 and more

Posted by dcrowson
on Sunday, August 6, 2017

NGC 2182 (Ced 68, DG 93, LBN 998 and others) is the blue reflection nebula at the center of the image.

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

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

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

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

NGC 2183 (Ced 69, DG 94, LBN 996 and others) and NGC 2185 (Ced 70, DG 95, LBN 997 and others) are the reflection nebulae to the left of NGC 2182 (at the center of the image).

Ced 71 (DG 96, LBN 1000 and others) is the reflection nebula left of NGC 2185.

All of these nebulae are located in Monoceros.

Luminance – 12x600s – 120 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

240 minutes total exposure – 4 hours

Imaged January 27th and 29th, 2017 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG ST-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT90DT at f/6.7 603mm.

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/35580148404/sizes/l

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