Sharpless 226 (LBN 780) is a HII region located approximately 13,700 light-years away in Auriga.
Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
Ha – 24x1800s – 720 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2
360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours – LRGB
840 minutes total exposure – 14 hours - HaRGB
1080 minutes total exposure – 18 hours
Imaged over five nights in January and October, 2020 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.
LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/50549094866/sizes/l/
HaRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/50549224532/sizes/l/