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NGC 2175
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NGC 2175 (also known as the Monkey Head Nebula) is an H II emission nebula located in the constellation Orion and is associated with the open star cluster NGC 2175 which is also shown in this image. It is thought to be located about 6,400 light-years away from Earth. The visual magnitude is 7.59.

Exposure15@1200 sec (5 hours)
ISO800
CameraNikon Z7 [8856 x 5504]
OpticsSkywatcher Esprit 120mm Refractor, 840 mm focal length
FilterRadian Triad Ultra Quad-Band Narrowband Filter
GuidingPhd2 using a ZWO 224MC on an Orion 60x240mm Guide scope
ControllerImages taken using Kstars on an Odroid-N2 (Raspberry Pi clone)
LocationLower Sackville, Nova Scotia.
Date2021-01-15
PixInsight Processing
WeightedBatchPreprocessing Script
Dynamic Crop
Automatic Background Extractor
ColourCalibration (both saturation and hue)
MultiscaleLinearTransform
HistogramTransform
CurvesTransformation
Further tweaking for colour in Lightroom



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