SUNSET: 
0
Photographer:
Edski2000
Location of Photo:
Anderson SC
Date/Time of photo:
1/27&28/2025 13/5 hours
Equipment:
Stellarvue Telescope SVX102 Raptor with reducer/flattener ZWO 2600 MC Pro one shot color camera cooled to -4F @ 101 gain Skywatcher EQ6R Pro Mount Antlia Tri Band RGB filter 50mm Astromania Guide Scope w/ZWO 290 Guide camera ZWO Asiair Pro w/EAF focuser Processed in PixInsight and Affinity Photo
Description:
Sh2-284 is a rarely imaged Hll region emission nebula located in the Monoceros constellation and is about 15000 light years from Earth What makes Sh2-284 interesting? * It's a star forming region with a cluster of young stars called Dolidze 25 at its center * The Radiation and stellar winds from Dolidze 25 ionize the hydrogen gas ub the nebula creating its bright colors * The ionization also creates a central vvoid in the nebula, pillars if gas and dust that stretch into the void
