Catalogue
and alternative designations |
NGC 1491,
SH2-206
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Type |
Emission
Nebula |
Position |
04
03.4, +51 19 |
Constellation |
Perseus |
Camera
and Telescope |
QSI
583 WSG, 20cm Maksutov Newtonian
courtesy Dean
Salman |
Focal
Ratio |
F4 |
Exposure
Details |
HaRGB
exposure. 600 minutes Hydrogen
Alpha with Astrodon 3nm filter.
R=100 minutes, G=120 minutes,
B=70 minutes with Astrodon
series 2 filters
|
Description |
NGC
1491 (also designated SH2-206
and LBN 704) is a bright
emission nebula and HII region,
located on the edge of a vast
cloud region of neutral gas,
about 10,700 light-years away in
the Perseus arm of our Milky Way
Galaxy in the constellation
Perseus.
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