PK164+31.1 Headphone nebula

[Mr Thingy]

I chanced upon this whilst browsing for  targets and it looked very interesting, so I had to give it a go. I hadn't previously encountered the headphone nebula in the Lynx constellation, but that might be down to the fact that It's very faint at mag 14 and has a low surface brightness. However, it's also fairly large at 6.3 arcmin.

This image is just 1h45 min of lights, taken in HORGB (6 x 450s Ha, 6 x 600s OIII, 1 x 30s each RGB). Nice clear images I've seen have 50+ hours of data so, MUCH more integration time is needed, but I'm pleased to already start seeing some detail coming through.

Hoping for some more clear skies this week to add more data.

-Thingy-

Edited April 18, 2021 by Mr Thingy

[tooth_dr]

Did see this the other day whilst browsing for targets!  That is looking good so far.