The Razorback and the Little Tulip - B39 and LBN902

Image Description and Details : I can find no direct information about how far away these objects are, but from our perspective, they are just to the northwest of the Cone and Foxfur nebulas as well as the Christmas Tree cluster in Monoceros. The Cone nebula is about 2,700 light years away from us, but these objects could be much closer or much farther away.

The dark nebula, B39, resembles the shape of a feral hog to me, so I gave it that name. And the bright region, LBN902, reminds me of the larger Tulip nebula in Cygnus.

Details: Celestron EdgeHD 1100 telescope with 0.7x reducer; ZWO ASI6200MM camera; 10Micron GM1000 mount; Chroma 3nm narrowband filters; Bortle 8; 19hrs 6min exposure time.

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