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Steve Paxton

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Posted: 17 Jan 2021

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IC 2177 The Seagull Nebula

IC 2177 The Seagull Nebula
The Nebula is named as it looks like a Seagull flying with wings both sides of the head. I was looking for a new target to try out while there was no moon and I was able to get two nights cloud free, this is Just below Sirius in the Milky way. We see in Summer its mostly only stars in the bow not a lot of colour or dust clouds. I have added to the shot below all the targets shot this year.

Summer bow


This is 8h 20 min worth of shots 10 min each over two nights no moon & no clouds.
the starless version may give you the shape better.

Seagull stars added

Erhard Bernstein, Ko Hummel, Rrrolf, cammino and 2 other people have particularly liked this photo

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 Steve Paxton
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I agree with you its not a big nebula but I think one that is so apply named it stands out.certainly not one you see very often in photos. many thanks glad you like it.
3 years ago.
 Ko Hummel
Ko Hummel club
a very nice one Steve, for me it is a bit low on the horizon to get it perfect.
3 years ago.
 Steve Paxton
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Its not a big nebula but I like it as you can see the shape perfectly. I was happy over all with the result Just so many stars out there. Looks like to get these you need a good 8 -10 hours of data. I can even see Andromeda... Next year....
3 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.

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