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Date/Location February 6, 2026, St. Joseph, Missouri
Camera and Settings Celestron Origin Intelligent Home Observatory
Telescope Origin Intelligent Home Observatory
Mount Equitorial Fork Mount
Exposure 945s (15s and 30s subframes) with Optolong L-Enhance filter
Processing Photoshop CS6
Other NGC2261 is a reflection nebula in Monoceros. It is also called Hubble's Variable Nebula.The nebula is magnitude 9 and about 2 arcmin in size.
NGC2261
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