SH2-170 The Little Rosette Nebula
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This faint nebula is associated with a star cluster and can be found near Cassiopeia. It is often overlooked for brighter targets close by. Ordinary imaging will reveal a very faint presence, but it takes a red or hydrogen alpha band filter to bring out the detail.
Image details
| Telescope: | Celestron EdgeHD 9.25 | |
| Length: | 1645mm | |
| Aperture: | 235mm | |
| F-stop: | f/7.0 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2022-07-29 to 2022-07-29 | |
| Lights: | 44 | |
| Exposure: | 140 | |
| Total exposure: | 1 h | |
| Ra: | 0h 1m 27.2s | |
| Dec: | +64° 36' 58.621 | |
| Size: | 32.53 x 23.37 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 0.334 deg | |
| Scale: | 0.57 arcsec/pixel |