NGC2261

“Hubble’s Variable Nebula”

Constellation- Monoceros

Right Ascension: 6h 39m 32s

Declination: 8° 43' 37"

Distance: - ~3000 light years

Visual Brightness: -Variable mag

Apparent Dimension: 2 arc minutes

Image information-

Date taken- February 4, 2005

Telescope/Focal length/Camera/Temperature- Takahashi FS-78 @ f/8.1, ST-8XE NABG @ -20C, on a NexStar11 GPS autoguided with CCDSoft Ver. 5.0

Integrations- L = 6 x 600 seconds binned 2x2

Processing- Flats and darks, aligned and combined in CCDsoft Ver 5.0