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Mohamed Alaa
Iraq- baghdad
03/21/2024
10:00 pm

Equipment Details:

‏150p
‏With coma 518mm f3.5
‏‎‏guide: svbony60mm
‏‎‏mount: eq6
‏‎‏camer main: ZWO asi294mc
‏‎‏camer guide : zwo asi120mc
‏‎filter: l-ultimate 2
‏ASIAIR

Post-processing Details:

Photoshop, lightroom

Image Details:

سديم رأس القرد او NGC2174
سديم أنبعاثي يقع في كوكبة اورايون سديم الجبار وايضا يرتبط بالعنقود النجمي المفتوح ويعتقد يقع علىٰ بُعد ٦٤٠٠ سنة ضوئية عن الأرض وتشكل هذا السديم من خلال انهيار الهرمي

NGC 2174 (Monkey Head Nebula) is an H II emission nebula located in the constellation Orion and is associated with the open star cluster NGC 2175. It is thought to be located about 6,400 light-years away from Earth. The nebula may have formed through hierarchical collapse.

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