Monkey Head Nebula

I only managed to capture 2 x 15 Minutes (Ha 12nm) subs before the clouds rolled in. Pity - I think it may be an interesting subject for some long exposure time.
Only put it up now because it will be over a month before I get back to my scope - unsure when I will get to finish this.
I was shooting very close to the moon (on the 1st Feb) and had great difficulty with settling the guide input - so even at only 30 minutes it could be better.





NGC 2174 (also known as Monkey Head Nebula) is an H II emission nebula located in the constellation Orion and is associated with the open star cluster NGC 2175. It is thought to be located about 6,400 light-years away from Earth.

Higher resolution on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/kinch-astro/15801274824/sizes/l

Very nice results at just 30mn exposure! Maybe you can keep and add to it at later date?

Thanks Yohan. I also got a couple of SII subs and one OII - so for sure I will work on these in the near future. I spent earlier in the night trying to capture another subject - so sorry now I did not start with this one and get more time in on it.......but I initially stayed away from this part of the sky as it was very close to the moon. That was not a big problem for the narrow band filters but it is extremely hard to get the guiding to work smoothly.

That is an amazing image with plenty of detail, well done! Hope some clear nights will come our way soon!

Mike

I have never seen this nebula before. Amazing :rock:

Great image Brendan. What's your light pollution like?