SH2-261 Lower's Nebula

[Andy Elliott]

Sh2-261 (Sharpless 261) also known as Lower’s Nebula, being named after the father and son amateur astronomers who discovered it in 1939.

This relatively faint nebula in the constellation of Orion, is estimated to be about 3.300 light years away.

The full res version is here: https://astrob.in/uui11a/0/

Esprit 100ED

ASI2600MC

60x150s

30x30s (for the stars)

 

[JimFox]

Hey Andy, this looks so cool! I haven't imaged that yet, it looks like a fun one with a slight hint of OIII in the middle?

I like your level of detail, and the stars look great. So an hour and a half for the stars.... Stars don't need the same amount of acquisition time so that makes sense. I probably should start doing the same.

 

[Dan Moorehead]

Fascinating photo

 

[Andy Elliott]

Hey Andy, this looks so cool! I haven't imaged that yet, it looks like a fun one with a slight hint of OIII in the middle?

I like your level of detail, and the stars look great. So an hour and a half for the stars.... Stars don't need the same amount of acquisition time so that makes sense. I probably should start doing the same.

Hi Jim, that was 15mins in total for the stars. In fact I normally just do 20 x 30s for the stars which for my setup retains the colour well. Some images of this nebula online do show a blue colour to the centre, this was all I could really pull out with this data though. BW Andy

 

[Mike Lewis]

Great one - the colors are really nice on this version. I also subscribe to the sepoarate star data approach and it has certainly worked well here, with lovely star colors coming out too in a very natural way. I also enjoyed the AB larger version, thanks for the link to that one.

ML