NGC 2261 (LBN 920) Bright Nebula in Monoceros
Located at: RA 06 hours 39 minutes 10 seconds, Dec +08 degrees 44 minutes 52 seconds
Size: 2.0' x 1.7'; Magnitude: --; Class: E+R (var)
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, 280 minutes (28 x 10 minute subs), 03/01/03/2008; seeing 2.1-3.5 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: |
NGC 2261 is also known as "Hubble's Variable Nebula", and is located about 47 minutes SSW of the 'Cone Nebula' in Monoceros. Images taken over time show changes in the structure of this fan-shaped nebulosity. See the SEDS page for more details if this interesting object |