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.
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 |