Deep Sky Object in Winter
Sh2-260 & Sh2-262 (Diffused Nebulae in Orion)

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Date & Time: Dec 19 2020, from 22:13 to 22:58 JST(+0900)
Composed 12 shots with 4 minutes exposed
Optical: BORG 67FL with conversion lens (f=324mm, F4.8)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow filter
Auto-guided with VIXEN ATLUX Equatorial
Digital Camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(7360×4912)
Device Size...FX format (36×24mm)
Sensitivity...ISO2500, White Balance...Daylight


Sh2-260 / Diffused Nebula, type 5 E
R.A.04h 55m 07.7s (2000.0)
Dec.+05°39' 42" (2000.0)
Apparent Size22.0'
Real SizeN/A
Magnitude -
DistanceN/A
Other IDsLBN860
Sh2-262 / Diffused Nebula, type 5 E
R.A.05h 06m 45.2s (2000.0)
Dec.+06°10' 04" (2000.0)
Apparent Size20.0'
Real SizeN/A
Magnitude -
DistanceN/A
Other IDLBN 868
This picture has captured a field around 6 degrees west of γ Ori (Bellatrix). We can somehow recognize that the field includes two dimmed H-alpha nebulae paralleled in east west direction with an interval of 3 degrees. Right (west side) and left (east side) ones have IDs of Sh2-260 and Sh2-262, respectively. Both nebulae have sizes of about 20 arc minutes and are not eligible for visual observation.



Sh2-253
Sh2-261

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