Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174)

Description and Details:‍ ‍

A vast cloud of gas and dust in Orion where new stars are forming. The glow comes from hot young stars within the nebula that energize the gas, giving us red from hydrogen and bluish tones from oxygen. Its shape looks like a monkey’s face, which is why it is called the Monkey Head.



EQUIPMENT USED

Skywatcher 200 PDS F5 (200/1000) Telescope

ZWO ASI2600MM Pro Camera

Skywatcher EQ-6R Pro Mount

Antlia 36mm LRGB-V Pro series and 3nm H & O Pro series

ZWO OAG-L

ZWO ASI220MM Guide-camera

ZWO Electronic Auto Focuser

ZWO 7x36 Electronic Filter Wheel

Skull Saints Carbon Mini-PC

Pegasus Powerbox Micro

CAPTURE DETAILS

Hydrogen: 5 min × 89 frames (7 hrs 25 mins)

Oxygen III: 5 min × 77 frames (6 hrs 25 mins)

Luminance: 3 min × 63 frames (3 hrs 9 mins)

Red: 2 min × 35 frames (70 mins)

Green: 2 min × 30 frames (60 mins)

Blue: 2 min × 30 frames (60 mins)

20 Darks for each exposure

20 Flats for each filter

Flat-Darks for each Flat set

Gain: 0

Total integration time:

Ha + OIII + L + RGB = 1206 min

= 20 hr 6 min total integration

Sensor Temperature: 0 Degrees

Location: Mandal, Gujarat

Sky Bortle Scale: 5

Weather Condition: Slightly Hazy



SOFTWARE USED

Image Acquisition: N.I.N.A

Guiding: PHD2

Planetarium: N.I.N.A

Polar Alignment: Polemaster

Mount Control: EQMOD

Pre-processing: Pixinsight

Post-processing: Pixinsight and Photoshop



ACCESSORIES USED

Polemaster Camera for Polar Alignment

Lenovo P-12 Tablet

Portronics Keyboard and Mouse

A3 Illuminated drawing board for capturing Flats

‍ ‍Name: Naiteek Vikamsey