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NGC 7538 Northern Lagoon Nebula
About 9,000 light years away in the constellation of Cepheus lies a stellar nursery known as The Northern Lagoon Nebula and designated 7538 in the New General Catalogue.
So far at least thirteen of the newly forming stars within this nebula, known as proto stars, are estimated to have the mass 40x that of our Sun!
Boring techie bit.
Skywatcher quattro 8" S & f4 aplanatic coma corrector
EQ6 R pro mount guided with an Altair 50mm & GPcam setup
Canon 450D astro modded with Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C clip filter. Intervalometer used to control the exposures.
NGC 7538 Northern Lagoon Nebula
About 9,000 light years away in the constellation of Cepheus lies a stellar nursery known as The Northern Lagoon Nebula and designated 7538 in the New General Catalogue.
So far at least thirteen of the newly forming stars within this nebula, known as proto stars, are estimated to have the mass 40x that of our Sun!
Boring techie bit.
Skywatcher quattro 8" S & f4 aplanatic coma corrector
EQ6 R pro mount guided with an Altair 50mm & GPcam setup
Canon 450D astro modded with Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C clip filter. Intervalometer used to control the exposures.