SH2-170

Little Rosette Nebula

SH2-170 is a small, rarely photographed emission nebula with an embedded cluster of stars in the constellation Cassiopeia in the northern autumn sky.

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object Sh2-170
date of recording
February 20, 21, 22 and 23, 2018
exposure 16.4 h, H-Alpha: 421x100", OIII: 171x100"
telescope Celestron RASA F2.2
focal lenght 620mm
filter Baader f/2 Highspeed 2" H-Alpha, Baader f/2 Highspeed 2" OIII
camera ZWO ASI1600mmc
guiding 250mm guide scope, MGEN
mount Celestron CGE pro
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Small but nice

The Small Rosette Nebula (Sharpless 170) is located in the Perseus arm of our galaxy, about 7,500 light years away from Earth. In its center is a small, young cluster of stars, Stock 18. The bright star in the center of the nebula ionizes the surrounding hydrogen gas and causes the nebula to glow. The nebula has about 2/3 of the diameter of the full moon.

Baerenstein Observatory

private observatory
Marcel Drechsler

epost@marcel-drechsler.de

 

 

 

 

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