5,5° north of the famous Rosetta-Nebula in the constellation of Monoceros you finf this beautiful Reflection Nebula labeled IC2167,ths blus part of which is also named IC446.
Sized 7,0' × 4,0',this nebula was first detected by Edward Barnard in 1894.
position (epoch 2000):
Ra.: 06h 31m 06,1s
Decl.: +10° 27′ 35″
image data:
LRGB (320-140-140-140)min),a total of 12.3 hours
80cm f/7 AstroOptik Keller corrected cassegrain
FLI Proline 16803 Astrodon LRGB Gen-II filters
Prompt 7 CTIO/UNC Chile,remote controlled
image processing: Bernd Flach-Wilken
Nearly the full FOV (here 22.0´ x 22.0´) of our used equipment is filled with the nebula of IC2167,part of which is the blue Reflection Nebula IC446.North is up
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