Seagull's Head

Close-up view of the Seagull's Head.

It reminds me more to an ancient Rome SPQR Legion Aquila... 😀

This image shows a detail of IC 2177 or the 'Seagull Nebula', a birthplace of new stars that lies along the border between the constellations Monoceros and Canis Major, about 3650 light years from Earth.

The Seagull's Head of IC 2177 is also cataloged as NGC 2327.

This SHO-image was captured with CHI-2, data from 4 one click observations

Total integration time 240 minutes.

SHO 7:8:9 subs of 600s with each narrow band filter (SII, H-alpha and OIII).

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More info (in Dutch) can be found in http://www.nachthemel.be/ic2177.html