The Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174)

Posted by tomdiana
on Friday, January 8, 2016

Telescope: 152mm APM-LZOS (TMB design) @f/8
Camera: SBIG ST-8300 w/Baader filters
Exposures: Ha: 20 @ 7.5 min. R: 12 @ 5 min. G: 12 @ 5 min. B: 14 @ 5 min.
Images were focused, reduced, aligned, and combined in CCDSoft. Ha and RGB images were aligned in RegiStar and the composite was created and adjusted in Photoshop. Topaz Detail and DeNoise were then applied.
Taken from my backyard observatory in southeastern Minnesota on 1/2/16 and 1/5/16

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