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NGC 1999 in Orion
About this object
NGC 1999 is located in the constellation Orion, south of the great Orion Nebula. It's a reflection nebula which is illuminated by the variable star V380 Orionis. In the image, it's the bluish area near center with a dark, inverted T shaped area. Right next to this dark area is the variable star V380 Orionis. The area also contains a copious amount of red emission nebula and bright red knots which are HERBIG-HARO objects. A second unnamed reflection nebula is on the right side of the image below a bright blue star. It looks more yellowish. This image combines 35hrs of data taken through Luminance, Red, Green, Blue, 5nm Ha and 3nm OIII filters.
NGC 1999 is located in the constellation Orion, south of the great Orion Nebula. It's a reflection nebula which is illuminated by the variable star V380 Orionis. In the image, it's the bluish area near center with a dark, inverted T shaped area. Right next to this dark area is the variable star V380 Orionis. The area also contains a copious amount of red emission nebula and bright red knots which are HERBIG-HARO objects. A second unnamed reflection nebula is on the right side of the image below a bright blue star. It looks more yellowish. This image combines 35hrs of data taken through Luminance, Red, Green, Blue, 5nm Ha and 3nm OIII filters.
Image Details
- Optics : Stellarvue SVX 152 refractor @f8 1200mm FL
- Mount: Paramount MYT
- Camera: QSI 683
- Filters: Astrodon
- Exposure (min): LRGBHaOIII: 300:350:270:280:500:420 Lum bin 1x1, Color 2x2, 35hrs
- Camera/Mount Control: The Sky X, CCD Auto Pilot 5
- Guiding: StarlightXpress Lodestar X2
- Processing: PixInsight 1.8,
- Location: Stark Bayou Observatory, Ocean Springs, MS
- Sky: Typical SQM 19.6-20.0, Bortle 5, Suburban
- Date: Nov 19-Jan 20
