A vast cloud of gas and dust in Orion where new stars are forming. The glow comes from hot young stars within the nebula that energize the gas, giving us red from hydrogen and bluish tones from oxygen. Its shape looks like a monkey’s face, which is why it is called the Monkey Head.

EQUIPMENT USED

🔭 Skywatcher 200 PDS F5 (200/1000) Telescope

📷 ZWO ASI2600MM Pro Camera

⚙️ Skywatcher EQ-6R Pro Mount

⚫ Antlia 36mm LRGB-V Pro series and 3nm H & O Pro series

🔭 ZWO OAG-L

📷 ZWO ASI220MM Guide-camera

🎯 ZWO Electronic Auto Focuser

🎡 ZWO 7×36 Electronic Filter Wheel

💻 Skull Saints Carbon Mini-PC

🔌 Pegasus Powerbox Micro

CAPTURE DETAILS

🔴 Hydrogen: 5 min × 89 frames (7 hrs 25 mins)

🔵 Oxygen III: 5 min × 77 frames (6 hrs 25 mins)

⚪ Luminance: 3 min × 63 frames (3 hrs 9 mins)

🔴 Red: 2 min × 35 frames (70 mins)

🟢 Green: 2 min × 30 frames (60 mins)

🔵 Blue: 2 min × 30 frames (60 mins)

⚫ 20 Darks for each exposure

⚪ 20 Flats for each filter

⚫ Flat-Darks for each Flat set

🔊 Gain: 0

🕑 Total integration time:

Ha + OIII + L + RGB = 1206 min

= 20 hr 6 min total integration

🌡Sensor Temperature: 0 Degrees

Location: Mandal, Gujarat

Sky Bortle Scale: 5

Weather Condition: Slightly Hazy

SOFTWARE USED

Image Acquisition: N.I.N.A

Guiding: PHD2

Planetarium: N.I.N.A

Polar Alignment: Polemaster

Mount Control: EQMOD

Pre-processing: Pixinsight

Post-processing: Pixinsight and Photoshop

ACCESSORIES USED

Polemaster Camera for Polar Alignment

Lenovo P-12 Tablet

Portronics Keyboard and Mouse

A3 Illuminated drawing board for capturing Flats