Deep Sky Object in Winter
The Angel Fish (Diffused Nebula in Orion)

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Date & Time: Oct 29 2022, from 25:46 to 26:29 JST(+0900)
Composed 8 shots with 6 minutes exposed
Optical: AF zoom-Nikkor 80-200mmF2.8ED (f=135mm, stop: F4.0)
with IDAS LPS-D1 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
CMOS Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro (Cooled temp.: -15°C)
Location: Furudono town, Fukushima pref.

Camera Settings: Recording format...16bit FITS, converted to 16bit TIFF(6248×4176)
Device Size...23.5×15.7mm, Gain...100


Sh2-264 / Diffused Nebula, type 4 E
R.A.05h 35m (2000.0)
Dec.+09° 56' (2000.0)
Apparent Size300'
Real Size150 light yrs.
Magnitude -
Distance1300 light yrs.
The Angel Fish is a gigantic extent of inter-stellar matter at the Orion's head with a size of about 5 degrees in apparent diameter. A central star in this picture is λOri, and Betelgeuse (αOri) locates outside of the image on the lower left-hand side.
The nebula is extremely faint, so it's absolutely impossible to recognize that in naked eyes by using of any methods. This nebula has a number of Sh2-264 officially.



Around Sh2-284 to Sh2-287
Sh2-299, Sh2-300

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