NGC 2170
Image Description and Details :
NGC 2170, LRGB 300:300:300:300, total 20 hours
A dusty reflection nebula and stellar nursery that formed about 6 to 10 million years ago, located at the edge of the elliptically shaped, giant star-forming molecular cloud Monoceros R2 (Mon R2), some 2,700 light-years away in the constellation of Monoceros.
Telescope : Planewave CDK 17, Camera : SBIG STXL 11002 with AOX, Tracking : Paramount ME
Location : Observatorio El Sauce, Chile Image processing software : Pixinsight, Photoshop
Copyright: Image captured : Martin Pugh Image processing : Rocco Sung
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