Deep Sky Object in Winter
Around Sh2-218 (Molecular Cloud in Auriga)

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Date & Time: Oct 17 2025, from 24:34 to 26:04 JST(+0900)
Composed 9 shots with 8 minutes exposed
Optical: TAKAHASHI 16cm(6.3") epsilon (f=530mm, F3.3)
with IDAS LPS-D1 light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial+Lacerta M-GEN
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


Sh2-218 / Molecular Cloud, type 6 R
R.A.05h 41m 18.0s (2000.0)
Dec.+52°11' 00" (2000.0)
Apparent Size90×20'
Real SizeN/A
Magnitude -
DistanceN/A
Other IDsLBN 750
LBN 751 / Molecular Cloud, type 6 R
R.A.05h 44m 00.0s (2000.0)
Dec.+52°00' 00" (2000.0)
Apparent Size160×20'
Real SizeN/A
Magnitude -
DistanceN/A
This image captures an extremely faint molecular cloud spread across the northern region of Auriga. Located about 7.3 degrees northeast of Capella, the cloud has no clearly defined boundaries but extends more than 2 degrees east to west, and includes objects designated Sh2-218 and LBN 751. It is thought to be interstellar gas drifting in a region just east of the faint winter Milky Way, faintly illuminated by the light of nearby stars.
Objects around Sh2-218 Objects around Sh2-218



Around Sh2-216, Sh2-221
Sh2-223, Sh2-224

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