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