Sunday 19 April 2020

NGC 2174 The Monkey Head Nebula

The image is a composite of three images taken through three different telescopes; a 250mm reflector, a 102mm refractor and an 80mm refractor.

The total exposure times were 100 min using an OIII filter, 140 min using a SII filter and 180 min using a H-alpha filter. This gives a total exposure time of 7 hours.

NGC 2174 The Monkey Head Nebula

Closer view