Deep Sky Object in Winter
IC448 (Reflection Nebula in Monoceros)

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Date & Time: Dec 19 2020, from 25:47 to 26:52 JST(+0900)
Composed 14 shots with 5 minutes exposed
Optical: TAKAHASHI 16cm(6.3") epsilon (f=530mm, F3.3)
with IDAS LPS-V4 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI JP Equatorial & SBIG STV
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5472×3648)
Sensitivity...ISO3200


IC448 / Reflection Nebula, type 3 R
R.A06h 32m 55.0s (2000.0)
Dec.+07°21' 25" (2000.0)
Apparent Size15×14'
Real SizeN/A
Magnitude -
DistanceN/A
Other IDsLBN930
IC448 is a compact bluish reflection nebula laying at 2.4 degrees north of the Rosette Nebula in Monoceros. The upper side of this picture has captured the southern edge of reddish emission nebula of Sh2-273 which includes the Cone Nebula.
IC448 has a span of about 15 arc minutes. A 4.5th magnitude 13 Mon glittering at the center is lightening the reflection nebula. And you can appreciate that some H-α filaments are overlapping IC448.
This image has been cropped with an equivalent focal length of 700mm.



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