Deep Sky Object in Winter
Wide field around Monkey & Jerry-fish Nebulae


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Date & Time: Feb 25 2022, from 22:35 to 23:36 JST(+0900)
Composed 16 shots with 4 minutes exposed
Optical: BORG 67FL with conversion lens (f=210mm, F3.2)
with IDAS LPS-V4 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with VIXEN ATLUX Equatorial
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3200×3200)
Device Size...21×21mm, Sensitivity...ISO2500



This image shows you a wide field around between Gemini and Orion. A reddish nebula in lower part is NGC2174-5, the Monkey Nebula. You can recognize the reddish IC443 & 444, the Jerry-fish Nebula in left hand side; and a round open cluster in upper part is M35 in Gemini. This picture contains several other deep sky objects bathed in the winter's Milky Way; you can browse individual images from anchors below.

Objects around Monkey & Jerry-fish Nebulae




Monkey Nebula(NGC2174-5)

Around NGC2182


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