IC 447

IC 447 is a reflection nebula in the constellation Monoceros. It contains several massive B-type stars and marks one end of the Monoceros R1 star-forming filament, with IC 446 at the other. Its formation may be linked to the more massive members of the young open cluster Collinder 95.

Technical DetailsObject: IC447Location: Portsmouth, UKMount: SW Alt Az EQBortle Scale: 7Scope: Redcat 51mmCamera ZWO 2600 Colour (-10)Nights: 5th March 2025Total Subs Used: 130 x 120Secs. Rotation: 128.5Seeing: GoodFits Stacked: ASIStudio with calibration frames
Post-Processing Steps

Astro Pixel Processor, GraXpert - Background extraction and Denoise.

2. Siril - colour calibration, photometric colour calibration, removing green noise, colour calibration, histogram stretch, colour saturation.

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