NGC 2626
NGC 2626 is a diffuse reflection nebula in the constellation Vela. It receives most of its light from a hot embedded B1 V star, CD -40°4432. NGC 2626 is contained within the large H II region RCW 27. A major contributor to the ionization of RCW 27 is the O star HD 73882, 40 arc-minutes west of NGC 2626. It is joined to a dark dust cloud cataloged as DC 259.94.
The distance of NGC 2626 is estimated to be 1000 parsecs ±100 parsecs (3200 light years ±10%). For more information, see Young Stars Associated with the Reflection Nebula NGC 2626 (Mueller and Graham, 2000).
Technical Details
- Object: NGC 2626
- Object Type: Diffuse reflection nebula
- Object Data: Apparent Magnitude = ?, Angular Size = 5 x 5 arc-minutes
- Object Position (Equinox 2000): RA= 08h 36m, Dec= -40° 40´, Constellation Vela
- Date: 2020 Dec 10 - Dec 15 (6 nights)
- Location: Chile Remote Observatory, Observatorio El Sauce, Chile
- Partnership: Operated in partnership with David Churchill
- Telescope: Planewave CDK-17 (with Focal Reducer: f/4.5; FL = 1945mm)
- Camera: QHY 16200A with Integral 7-position Filter Wheel
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1600GTO
- Guider: Agena Starguide II / SBIG STi
- Sub-Exposures: Astronomik Filters
- Luminance: 45x10 min = 450 min
- Red: 24 x 10 min = 240 min
- Green: 24 x 10 min = 240 min
- Blue: 24 x 10 min = 240 min - Total Exposure: 19h 30m
- File Name: NGC2626-CDK20-C01w.jpg
- Field of View: 38.9' x 58.3' at 0.64 arc-sec/pixel
- Original Image Size: 3630 x 4540 pixels (16.5 MP); 12.1" x 15.1" @ 300 dpi
- Data Acquisition: David Churchill
- Image Processing: Fred Espenak
- Maxim DL: Image Calibration, Stacking, Digital Development Processing
- Adobe Camera Raw: Noise Reduction
- Photoshop CC: Curves, Levels - Copyright: Fred Espenak