Deep Sky Object in Winter
vdB93 (Diffused Nebula in Monoceros)

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Date & Time: Dec 24 2022, from 23:12 to 24:18 JST(+0900)
Composed 12 shots with 6 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with IDAS LPS-P1 Light-pollution suppression 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


vdB93 / Diffused Nebula, type 1 E+R
R.A.07h 04m 25.0s (2000.0)
Dec.-10° 27' 16" (2000.0)
Apparent Size12'
Real Size23 light yrs.
Magnitude -
Diatance3750 light yrs.
Other IDsSh2-292, Gum1
RCW2
This image shows you a close up of a round diffused nebula in head of Seagull Nebula (IC2177) bathed in the wintry Milky Way of Monoceros. The nebula has a diameter of about 12 arc minutes, and there is a 7th magnitude star in just center of the nebula. You can see a dark lane flowing in east from the star.



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