NGC2174 - Monkey Head Nebula in Ha

[GordonH]

Hi

This is a work in progress and is the Ha data taken last night, it is 10x30 minutes Ha taken with the FSQ106ED at f5 and FLI ML8300, autoguiding was done by a lodestar and OAG using dithering on a Paramount ME. This is a crop of the main image to show the detail of the nebula. I have only ever shot one sub frame of this before over 3 years ago when I was trying a 20 minute unguided sub frame, this can be seen on the nebulae page of the image gallery on my website Imaging The Heavens - Home Page for comparison. I am hoping to add some OIII and SII later this week.

A full size version of this crop can be seen at the following link

NGC2174 - Monkey Head Nebula in Ha photo - Gordon Haynes photos at pbase.com

It definitely looks like a monkeys head in profile!

Thanks for looking

Best wishes

Gordon