Deep Sky Object in Winter
Sh2-301 (Diffused Nebula in Canis Major)

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Date & Time: Feb 1 2020, from 24:17 to 25:02 JST(+0900)
Composed 12 shots with 4 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Lacerta M-GEN
Digital Camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(4080×4080)
Device Size...20×20mm
Sensitivity...ISO4000, White Balance...Daylight


Sh2-301 / Diffused Nebula, type 1 E
R.A.07h 09m 51.0s (2000.0)
Dec.-18° 29' 45" (2000.0)
Apparent Size9.0×8.0'
Real Size50 light yrs.
Magnitude -
Distance19 thousand light yrs.
Other IDsLBN1044
Sh2-301 is a small-diffused nebula bathed in about 6degrees ESE from Sirius. The nebula has an apparent diameter of about 9 arc minutes and a round-shape, we can see some dark lanes in the nebula. Sh2-301 is a nebula emitting H-alpha spectrum, we can see its whitish figure with our naked eyes through telescopes. A distance from the solar system has been estimated about 19 thousand light years.



Sh2-299, Sh2-300
Sh2-302

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