Seagull Nebula
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Date: | 11/22/2020 |
Equipment: | QSI583ws with internal filter wheel using 5nm Astrodon Ha filter and Astrodon E series Gen II RGB filter set through Micro-Nikkor AF 200mm f/4 D ED lens on Losmandy GM8 mount. The lens was working at f/5.6 |
Image type: | HaRGB |
Exposure time: | 8X12min Ha binned 1X1, RG&B 8X8min each binned 1X1 |
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Constellation: | Monoceros |
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Seagull Nebula is a large complex of gas and dust clouds with embedded young stars. It is dominated by reddish glow of ionized hydrogen. This is one of many sites of new star formation within the Milky Way galaxy. The nebula is nearly 240 light-years across and It is located 3,800 light-years away from Earth. |