NGC 2174 (IC 2159, Sh2-252) Bright Nebula in Orion
Located at: RA 06 hours 09 minutes 42 seconds, Dec +20 degrees 29 minutes 00 seconds
Size: 29' x 27'; Magnitude: --; Class: E (Sharpless) 3 2 3
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Deep Sky filter, 480 minutes (48 x 10 minute subs), 03/24/26/27 & 03/28/2008; seeing 2.6-4.2 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.3.2, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: | This bright nebula is in an interesting region of the winter Milky Way. Situated in northernmost Orion, NGC 2174 is one of many nebulous regions that include 'The Cone' area to the south, and the IC 443 & IC 444 complex to the north. The small open cluster NGC 2175 (5.0', Class: II 2 p n) is to the northeast (upper left), and is involved in the NGC 2174 nebulosity |