IC 447

Name: Dreyer's Nebula

Constellation:Monoceros

Instrument: 8-inch F5 reflector with a sky watcher coma corrector and a modified Nikon D3300

Exposure time: A stack of 16 five-minute exposures at ISO 800.

Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html

			AP#30 : IC 447
			Name: Dreyer's Nebula Constellation:Monoceros Instrument: 8-inch F5 reflector with a sky watcher coma corrector and a modified Nikon D3300 Exposure time: A stack of 16 five-minute exposures at ISO 800. Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html


	Magnitude: 7.7 Angular size: 25' This is a reflection nebula that surrounds three bright stars. Above it is IC 446, which is another reflection nebula. The dark nebula LDN 1607 bridges the two objects, which results in a pretty spectacular image. Go to AP#30 NGC 2264 Return to AP100 main page.