p CELESTIAL CARNATION Chad Leader Sharpless 2-170 in Cassiopeia is a faint emission nebula roughly 6,500 light-years away. A single main-sequence star energizes this cloud of ionized hydrogen gas. Sequestered in the center of this nebula is the small open cluster of young stars known as Stock 18. DETAILS: Celestron 8-inch EdgeHD Schmidt-Cassegrain with ZWO ASI294MM Pro camera. Total exposure: 22.7 hours through Antlia narrowband filters. p HEAVENLY CRUSTACEAN Daniel Beaulieu Messier 1, the Crab Nebula, is the expanding remnant of a naked-eye supernova witnessed by Chinese astronomers in AD 1054. Its tattered remains continue to spread away from the rapidly spinning pulsar in its center. DETAILS: Celestron 8-inch EdgeHD Schmidt-Cassegrain with QHY268PH M and ZWO ASI174MM cameras. Total exposure: 91/2 hours through narrowband filters. sk yand tele scope .o r g * FEBRUARY 2022 75