Sh2-174

Image Title: Sh2-174

Copyright: Toni Fabiani

Date image was taken: December 02, 2023

Location: Ager, Lleida, Spain

Image Description and Details: Sh2-174 is a very faint but very large planetary nebula.
Located in the constellation of Cepheus and very close to the polar star.
It was discovered in the 1960s, and cataloged as a planetary nebula in the 1990s.
In the image we can see the Hydrogen zone and the other Oxygen zone very close together, but both take different directions.
Distance from Earth about 1000 light years and one of the closest planetary nebulae to Earth, with a magnitude of 14.75.
Exposure data:
111x600" Ha
63x600" Oiii
100x60"R
100x60"G
100x60"B
33 hours of exposure.
Remote Observatory

Equipment Details: Camera: QHY268M
Mount: Eq6r-Pro
Tube: Esprit 100

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