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Lynds Dark Nebula 1251 in Cepheus
LDN 1251 is a very faint nebula in Cepheus. It is a complex nebula in the constellation Cepheus, containing dark structures and faintly glowing / reflecting dust and gas. This object is quite close to us at around 1,000 light years. It is part of a much large complex of bright and dark nebulae.
This image is shot from Bortle 5 sky using a William Optics Star 71 telescope (348mm at F4.9) on an NEQ6 Pro mount. Camera used is an Atik 383L+ mono using Astrodon LRGB filters.
The image is composed of 100 Luminance frames and 24 RGB frames of 600sec each.
Total exposure is 20Hr.
Processing was done in Pixinsight.
Lynds Dark Nebula 1251 in Cepheus
LDN 1251 is a very faint nebula in Cepheus. It is a complex nebula in the constellation Cepheus, containing dark structures and faintly glowing / reflecting dust and gas. This object is quite close to us at around 1,000 light years. It is part of a much large complex of bright and dark nebulae.
This image is shot from Bortle 5 sky using a William Optics Star 71 telescope (348mm at F4.9) on an NEQ6 Pro mount. Camera used is an Atik 383L+ mono using Astrodon LRGB filters.
The image is composed of 100 Luminance frames and 24 RGB frames of 600sec each.
Total exposure is 20Hr.
Processing was done in Pixinsight.