Sunday, January 6, 2019

SH2-170 (The Small Rosette Nebula)

This nebula (which is also cataloged as LBN 577) in Cassiopeia is surprisingly dim. Despite taking more than 50 hours of data, I still had to be very careful when processing it.
(click on image for full resolution)

The nebula is about 7500 light years away in the Perseus arm of our galaxy.

1 comment:

  1. Its amazing Mark, the clarity is beyond comprehension.

    Sanjay Bose

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