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Taken in September 2016 from Surrey. 19 Hours 10 Minutes total!
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-85ED
Camera: Atik 383L+ cooled to -20
Mount: Belt modded NEQ6
Frames: 115 stacked HA, Oiii and Sii subs @ 10 minutes each.
37884 "Cepheus" passes Denchworth on 07/Sept/22 working 5Q86 11.04 Ilford EMUD to Newport Docks with units 321903+322484 ,both destined for the cutters torch.
NGC 7380 Also known as the Wizard Nebula is an open star cluster in the constellation of Cepheus.
This is a crop of Luminance data collected with the 11" Hyperstar & QHY163M on 9/2/2018. I added older 2016 RGB data for color.
LUM- 135x30sec- QHY163M & 11" Celestron w/Hyperstar
RGB- 18x120sec/each(1h 48m) QHY23M & 11" Celestron w/Hyperstar
Barnard 150 is a dark nebula visible in Cepheus constellation. It is also known as the Seahorse Nebula due to its shape.
The dust nebula cover about 1° of angular dimension. [from Wikipedia]
La nebulosa "Cavalluccio Marino" è un vasto complesso di polveri localizzato nella costellazione del Cefeo. Deve il suo nome alla sua forma che ricorda quella di un cavalluccio marino. Le sue polveri sono talmente dense da nascondere la luce delle stelle che vi si trovano dietro, dandole così la connotazione di nebulosa oscura.
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Technical Information
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Light: 48x300" (4h.)
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ85EDX
Camera: Qhy268c
Filters: Optlong IR-cut
Mount: Ioptron ieq45-pro
Software: N.I.N.A., PixInsight, Photoshop
Sky: bortle 3
Date: 13 July 2023
Location: Stigliano (Italy)
This object is a new one on me which I only heard about this year and is a tough little bugger. I took this around the same time as the Pelican. The sky’s were of average clarity but as this object was high up it didn’t have a big affect on the image. There is a tiny planetary nebula G101.5-00.6 bottom right just above the signature.
FYI To me it looks less like a Lion but more like a T-Rex head on a small dogs body...😁
OBJECT DESCRIPTIONS:-
SH2-132 The Lion Nebula is a an emission (Ha rich area) in the southern most part of the constellation Cepheus and is located approximately 10,000 light years away. The ionisation of the gas in this region is the responsibility of some massive stars, typically Wolf Rayet type. These have a white/blue colourisation and at least 20 times the mass of our own sun. The apparent is 90’ x 90’.
EQUIPMENT:-
Telescope: Explore Scientific 102mm F7 APO Carbon
Focal Reducer: Explore Scientific 0.7
Mount: AZ-EQ6 GT
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI1600mm-Cool cmos
Guide Camera: Orion Mini Auto Guide
Filter: Astronomik 6nm Ha
Filter: Astronomik 6nm Oiii
IMAGING DETAILS:-
SH2-132 The Lion Nebula
Gain 139 (Unit Gain)
36 Ha subs@360sec (3.5h)
36 Oiii subs@360sec (3.5h)
Total imaging Time 7h 0min over 2 nights
Dithering
20 Darks
20 Flats
PROCESSING/GUIDING SOFTWARE:-
APT "Astro Photograph Tools"
DSS
StarNet++
Siri
PS CS2
ASI 294 MC PRO.
72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.
Star Adventurer 2i.
Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.
Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc
L-Extreme 59x300s
Bortle 8.
PixInsight.
Mu Cephei, officially named the Garnet Star, is a red supergiant star in the constellation Cepheus. It appears garnet red and is located at the edge of the IC 1396 (Elephant's trunk) nebula. Mu Cephei is more than 100,000 times brighter than the Sun. It is also one of the largest known stars with a radius around or over 1,000 times that of the sun, and were it placed in the Sun's position it would engulf the orbit of Mars and Jupiter. (Wikipedia)
NB: Superman would have no powers there.
Seestar S50
832 ten second subframes
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth.
Images taken at the end of September 2023.
Full resolution : astrob.in/o8h9n7/0/
Sii= 75x300s
Ha= 76x300s
Oii= 75x300s
Total time : 18h50'
-Equipment-
Scope: Askar107PHQ (740mm focal)
Camera: ZWO ASI6200MM Pro at -5°C gain 101 offset 49
Filter: Optolong SHO 3nm 50.80mm
Mount: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI 120MM+ZWO OAG-L
All processing was done in Pixinsight exept one step
-Pre Processing-
Image Calibration
Cosmetic Correction
Subframe Selector
Star Alignement
Local Normalization
Image Integration
Drizzle x2
-Processing-
Star Alignment
Dynamic Crop
Dynamic Background Extractor
BlurXTerminator
NoiseXTerminator
StarXTerminator
HistogramTransformation
-Stars-
ChanelCombination
ImageSolver
SpectrophotometricColorCalibration
HistogramTransformation
ACDNR (green100%)
ACDNR (green50%)Ctrl+i
ColorSaturation
-L-
Mix max(Ha and Sii)
HDRMultiscaleTransform with mask
Mix (0.75xL+0.25xL_boost)
-SHO-
SHO palette
TSL/color in Lightroom
ColorSaturation
-L-SHO-
LRGBCombination
CuvesTransformation
ColorSaturation
More CurveTransformation
Add Stars
FinalCrop
The Iris Nebula or NGC 7023, is a bright reflection nebula located in the constellation of Cepheus. NGC 7023 is actually the cluster within the nebula LBN 487 and the nebula is lit by a magnitude +7 star. A short break in the clouds so only managed 2 and a half hours integration time but I'm pleased with the detail I managed to capture.
NEQ6 PRO
TSAPO130Q @ f/5
QHY183M cooled CMOS camera Gain 11 Offset 76 and -20C
Baader LRGB filter set
Guided using SX Lodestar x2 mono ccd
Lum 20 x 180sec
RGB 10 x 180sec each channal.
Total integration time 2hrs30min.
Processed using Pixinsight and Photoshop.
SH2-115 (mid left) and Sh2-112 (right) are emission nebulas in the constellation Cygnus. The bright round object in the left top of the frame is Abell 71. Abell 71 is still discussed to be a planetary nebula or just an Ha emission nebula. Revison of data from August 2020.
North is left.
Panel 1
45 x 200s Ha Baader 7.5 nm at gain 76
24 x 200s OIII Chroma 3nm at gain 76
Panel 2
30 x 200s Ha Baader 7.5 nm at gain 76
26 x 200s OIII Chroma 3nm at gain 76
ASI1600mmp and TS 130/910 mm apo with 0.79 x reducer.
37884"Cepheus" passes Lower Moor on 09/Jan/2024 working 5Q94 08.25 Longsight TMD to Long Marston ,with 69024"Centaur" and TPE set in tow for storage.Big thumbs up to SK for the early nod.
Europhoenix liveried 37884 'Cepheus' drifts round the curve from Netherfield Junction working 0E44, the 10.05 departure from Derby RTC to Grantham.
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is an emission nebula associated with IC 1396, a star cluster in the constellation Cepheus. This 6-panel mosaic spans approximately 4 degrees , about 8x the apparent width of the Moon. Image data was captured under dark skies near Goldendale, WA.
Telescope: Tele Vue 76mm
Mount: iOptron iEQ45 Pro
Camera: QSI 683wsg
Filter: Astrodon H-a CCD 5nm
Mosaic: 6 panels
Integration: 65 min (13 x 5 min) per panel.
Processing Software: PixInsight 1.8.8
La nébuleuse de la Trompe d'éléphant est une concentration de gaz interstellaire et de poussière dans une région de gaz ionisé beaucoup plus grande IC 1396, située dans la constellation de Céphée à environ 2 400 années-lumière de la Terre.
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region. IC1396 is located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth. Within this nebula, IC 1396A, commonly called the Elephant's Trunk nebula because of its appearance at visible light wavelengths, where there is a dark patch with a bright, sinuous rim. The bright rim is the surface of the dense cloud that is being illuminated and ionized by a very bright, massive star (HD 206267) that is just to the East of IC 1396A.
(source: Wikipedia)
= Acquisition info =
William Optics Zenithstar 73ii (FL 430mm)
Risingcam IMX571 color
iOptron CEM26
WO Uniguide 32/120 + Touptek GPM462M
NINA & PHD2
= Séances photo =
Mosaïque 2 panneaux
Mosaic 2 panels
- Panneau 1 : 20, 22, 25 et 29 juin : NBZ 180s x 65 + 300s x 50 (7h20)
- Panneau 2 : 20, 22 et 29 juin 2025 : NBZ 180s x 45 + 300s x 57 (7h)
Allsky : nuit du 29 juin 2025
youtu.be/v-1OEtNEwv8?si=k4E3hoBsug8_WEvX
= Traitement/processing =
Siril, GraXpert, Starnet++ & Affinity Photo 2
Temps d'exposition post-traitement : 10h51
@Astrobox 2.0 / Bortle 9
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec
AstroM1
This is the "First Light" with my new QHY600C-PH CMOS-camera: A widefield between the constellations of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, showing the Bubble Nebula in the lower center.
Besides numerous star clusters and emission nebulae, the Nova "V1405 Cas" (discovered in March 2021) is still clearly visible.
Stack of 100 exposures of 5 minutes each at f/5.5 for the RGB data plus 33 frames of 10 minutes each using a 7nm H-Alpha filter.
Taken during 4 nights in August and September 2021 in rural Upper Austria with a QHY600C-PH and a Skywatcher Esprit 100 at 550mm focal length. Tracking with Skywatcher EQ6-R, Autoguiding with MGEN-3. Processed with Astro Pixel Processor, StarXTerminator and Photoshop.
Rail Operations Groups 37884 'Cepheus' rumbles through Hanborough station with SWR 456006 + 456013 + 456021 for storage working 5Q94 11:31 Wimbledon Park C.S.D. to Long Marston. 09/02/2022.
This dark nebula is located in Cepheus and has the distinct shape of a seahorse. The red nebula at the left is part of SH2-129, the Flying Batman nebula. Notice the nebula extends all the way from the left edge of the field to the Seahorse dark nebula.
Color image taken at the remote observatory from the E-Eye site in Spain. The image is composed of 21 hours of exposure time with the ZWO ASI-2600MC color camera using a Takahashi CCA250 f3.6 astrograph, riding a unguided 10Micron GM2000.
Using the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s (NSF NRAO) U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA), astronomers have revealed for the first time the huge flow of gas near a massive star in the making which allows its rapid growth. By observing the young star HW2 in Cepheus A, located 2300 light years from Earth, researchers have resolved the structure and dynamics of an accretion disk feeding material to this massive star. This finding sheds light on a central question in astrophysics: how do massive stars, which often end their lives as supernovae, accumulate their immense mass?
Galaxy NGC 6946 is nothing short of spectacular. In the last century alone, it has experienced 10 observed supernovae (the explosion of a star), earning its nickname as the Fireworks Galaxy. 🎆
In comparison, our Milky Way averages just one to two supernova events per century. This NASA's Hubble Space Telescope image shows the stars, spiral arms, and various stellar environments of NGC 6946 in phenomenal detail.
We are able to marvel at NGC 6946 as it is a face-on galaxy, which means that we see the galaxy “facing” us, rather than seeing it from the side (known as edge-on). The Fireworks Galaxy is further classified as an intermediate spiral galaxy and as a starburst galaxy. The former means the structure of NGC 6946 sits between a full spiral and a barred spiral galaxy, with only a slight bar in its center, and the latter means it has an exceptionally high rate of star formation.
The galaxy resides 25.2 million light-years away, along the border of the northern constellations of Cepheus and Cygnus (The Swan).
Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Leroy, K.S. Long
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This is a face on Spiral Galaxy known as the Fireworks Galaxy and is about 18 million light-years away in the constellations of Cepheus. The Galaxy is partially obscured behind dust within our own Galaxy and appears close an open Star Cluster, which is actually situated within on our Galaxy.
Imaged over 3 nights and is an LRGB image, no Ha.
L = 25x900s
RGB = 6x600s 2xbin per filter
(6x300s L for stars only)
WIlliam Optics GT81
SXVR H694 mono
Astrondon LRGB filters
Ioptron CEM60
This field is the LBN 468 Region in the constellations of Cepheus and Draco (on the border). This is a region of dusty interstellar matter with some star formation. In the upper left corner is a small nebula illuminated by a protostar. The nebula is GM 1-29 also known as Gyulbudaghian's Nebula. The protostar is the variable PV Cep. LBN 468 is the large structure dominant in the image. Within LBN 468 are several cataloged dark Nebulae. These objects are identified in the annotated image. LBN 468 is about 1,600 light years distant from Earth; the region is influenced by the massive star forming region and star cluster associated with the IRIS Nebula (NGC 7023) about 1.5 degrees of sky to the East.
Shot from Cambria, CA on 2023-01-17
The zodiacal light (toward the left of the image) was surprisingly bright -- it appeared even brighter than the Milky Way (toward the right of the image) to my eye. Jupiter is the bright object immersed in the soft glow of the dust in our solar system. The Milky Way is seen in the constellations Cygnus, Cepheus, and Cassiopeia.
This was with a Rokinon 8mm fisheye lens on a Nikon D5100 that was modified for astrophotography. I took about 25 exposures for this session, but this was the lucky one where a meteor showed up above the ocean.
There are also streaks from two satellites.
Processed in PixInsight and Photoshop.
And the stars all came down today.
37884 Cepheus and 37800 Cassiopeia head into Broad Street Tunnel at Sheffield station with 6E25, 10.22 Crewe South Yard to Attercliffe.
The train was conveying JHA hoppers for scrap at EMR recycling.
NGC 7380 is a young open star cluster located in the constellation of Cepheus. The surrounding emission nebulosity is known as the Wizard Nebula. It lies at a distance of around 7,000 light years. Processed in the Foraxx Palette.
EQ6-R-PRO
150mm Esprit with dedicated corrector
QHY294M Gain 2900 Offset 30 -20C
Astronomik 6nm Ha, OIII and SII narrowband filter set
11 x 900sec Ha
12 x 900sec OIII
16 x 900sec SII subs
Processed using Straton Star Removal, Pixinsight and Photoshop.
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth.
On this wide field image the, elephant trunk is the darker region in the lower third of the image with a lighter rim around it’s dark form. The lighter rim is the surface of the dense cloud that is being illuminated and ionised by a very bright, massive star HD 206267
Taken over three nights at the observatory in Los Coloraos, Gorafe, Spain.
A much higher resolution image with imaging details can be found on my Astrobin page at: astrob.in/k5rioo/0/
Thank you for looking.
Technical summary:
Captured: 3 nights in June 2024
Location: Turismo Astronómico, Los Coloraos, Gorafe, Spain
Bortle Class: 3
Exposures: 90 x 600s Gain 100 BIN 1
Total Integration: 15h
Filters: Optolong L-Ultimate
Pixel Scale: 0.7 arcsec/pixel
Telescope: Skywatcher Esprit 100ED
Image Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Mount: Skywatcher EQ 6R Pro
Capture software: NINA, PHD2
Editing software: PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop
Well, it's just after 5am on a Sunday morning and it's a touch damp at Sutton Coldfield as 37884 Cepheus and 37901 are readied for departure heading 9Z99 to Derby Chaddesden Sidings following an overnight tunnel rescue scenario involving the emergency services in the 172 yard tunnel adjacent to the station with Mk3's 10237 and 12.091. All went well apparently according to a fireman who was quite curious why some random bloke had turned up on his way to work.
Cederblad 214 (also known as SH2-171) is a large molecular cloud and star forming region in the constellation of Cepheus and is part of the larger NGC7822 region. The star cluster Berkeley 59 is also located within this region. The central star is said to be 100,000 times brighter than our Sun and one of the hottest stars in our stellar neighborhood. Also contained in this area are many dark nebulae, Bok globules and several pillars that are star forming regions. These pillars are "sculpted" by the stellar winds of the stars they form. This region is believed to be about 3000 light years away.
The Elephant's Trunk nebula is a region of ionized gasses located in the constellation Cepheus at a distance of 2,400 light-years from Earth. Of interest in this area is the population of very young newborn stars, whose intense stellar winds are excavating the interior of the nebula. Dark wisps of dust hide the cocoon of forming stars, called "globules", which will be blown away when the star ignites.
Captured recently in Narrowband and Broadband using a QHY600 60 Megapixel Full Frame Monochrome CMOS camera mounted on a Takahashi 130 FSQ, courtesy of QHYCCD.
This setup is available immediately for people wanting to subscribe to Grand Mesa Observatory's system 1.
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In this Hubble Palette version (SHO) the H-Alpha is mapped to green channel, SII is mapped to red channel and OIII is mapped to the blue channel. The raw data was preprocessed using Pixinsight, the stars were removed using a tool called "Starnet" and the stars were later replaced during Post Processing in Photoshop CC with the more naturally colored stars from the RGB data.
I was so delighted with the result of the starless image I decided to post a starless image as well as the image with the RGB stars.
Captured bin 2x2 over 5 nights between March and July 2021 for a total acquisition time of 13.1 hours.
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Astrobin
Starless Version: www.astrobin.com/n0379w/
RGB Stars Version: www.astrobin.com/0vf46r/
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Technical Details
Captured and processed by: Terry Hancock
Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado
Dates of Capture April 18th, July 1st, 4th, 7th and 8th 2021
HA 140 min, 28 x 300 sec
OIII 145 min, 29 x 300 sec
SII 135 min, 27 x 300 sec
LUM 94 min, 47 x 120 sec
RED 96 min, 48 x 120 sec
GREEN 92 min, 46 x 120 sec
BLUE 84 min, 42 x 120 sec
Narrowband Filters by Chroma
Camera: QHY600 Monochrome CMOS Photographic version
Gain 26, Offset 76 in Read Mode Photographic 16 bit, bin 2x2
Calibrated with Dark, Dark/Flat Frames
Optics: Walter Holloway's Takahashi FSQ 130 APO Refractor @ F5
Mount: Paramount ME
Image Scale:2.39 arcsec/pix
Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6, Pre Processing and Starnet in Pixinsight Post Processed in Photoshop CC
Rail Operations Group Class 37 diesel locomotive 37884 "Cepheus" waits at signal DR4354 at Walsall station working 0H65 Derby RTC Serco to Soho L.M.D. The loco was pathed to wait for 730015 working 5Q31 from Rugeley Trent Valley to Soho L.M.D to pass before continuing its journey.
NGC 7380 is an open cluster in the constellation Cepheus. The emission nebula surrounding the cluster is known as the Wizard Nebula and gets its name from resembling a wizard wearing a tall hat.
NGC 7380 is a very young star cluster at under 12 million years old and is undergoing much active star formationl. A pair of massive supergiant stars near the centre of the nebula are the cause of the ionization and glowing of much of the nebula.
It was shot in bi-colour using the STC Duo-Narrowband filter which captures only the Ha and OIII bandwidths. This final image is a false colour image done in a quasi-Hubble palette.
-=Tech Data=-
-Equipment-
Imaging Scope: Explore Scientific 80ED
Mount: Celestron CGX
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MC-Pro
Filter: STC Dua Narrowband (Ha and OIII)
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120 Mini
Guide Scope: Starfield 60mm guide scope
Dew Control: Kendrick
Power: Pegasus Astro Pocket Power Box
- Acquisition -
144 x 5 second exposures (2H 24M total)
- Software -
Acquisition / Rig Control: Sequence Generator Pro
Stacking: Astro Pixel Processor
Processing: PixInsight
Post Processing: Photoshop CC
Shot at the Camden Lake Provincial Wildlife Area near Moscow, Ontario.
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I teamed up with Carmelo Falco to produce this image of M13. We talked about doing a full throttle version of this Northern gem. We both set about collecting lots of data over the past week, Carmelo with is wonderful 16" RC in Sicily and me with my AG14 Newtonian telescope here in Valencia. The combined effort resulted in this image which I processed this morning. We hope you enjoy it.
IRIDIUM 54
Communication satellite "iridium"
The data of the satellites remains only 9 pieces. The legendary outbreaks of iridiums go down in history and a new generation comes to replace them. Flash data are produced by the antennas on the satellite. We will miss these magnificent flashes in the sky.
Because of the moon and the light from the village, the flash does not seem so bright, but perfectly visible in such a light
The Wizard Nebula (NGC7380), approx. 8,500 light years distant within our Milky Way and in the constellation Cepheus.
This image was result of stacking 35 5 minute exposures, for a total of 2 hours 55 minutes. Using dual narrow band Ha - OIII filter.
Cassiopeia is one of the 88 constellations of the sky, visible in the northern hemisphere recognizable thanks to its "W" shape. The central point of the W points very approximately in the direction of the Pole Star, α Ursae Minoris.
The peaks are, from east to west, ε, δ, γ, α and β Cassiopeiae, the five brightest stars in the constellation.
The alignment of the right edge of the "W", between Caph (β Cas) and Shedar (α Cas), extends towards the feet of Andromeda, 51 And for the North foot, and finally Almach (γ And), its foot South, both visible in the illustration. In the other direction, this alignment leads to the middle of the constellation of Cepheus . The internal alignment of the "W", between Tsih (γ Cas) and Ruchbah (δ Cas), leads to the shoulder of Perseus, Mirphak (α Per), in the alignment formed by γ, α and δ Per.
This constellation is part of the group of constellations attached to the myth of Andromeda.
Quoted by Aratos de Soles , then by Ptolemy in the Almagest, the constellation represents Cassiopeia, the queen of Ethiopia in Greek mythology, wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, next to whom she is found.
It is also said that, to chastise her pride, the queen was chained to her throne, condemned to circle around the North Pole. Source Wikipedia.
About . . . . CASSIOPEIA
MSM Tracker 125 sec 200 ISO
Photoshop
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ROG operated Class 37/8 No.37884 ‘'Cepheus’’ is hauling Networkers 466001 X 465933 at Stubton. The working was 5Q46 09:41 Worksop Up Receptions - Ely Mlf Papworth Sidings. 16-01-2025.
SH2-155, the Cave Nebula processed using the Hubble palette using both broadband and narrowband filters. SH2-155 lies about 2400 light years away in the constellation Cepheus.
NGC 7822 is a nebula in Cepheus 2900 LY away. This is a rich star formation region with some of the hottest stars within several thousand LY from Earth. The hot stars illuminate the gaseous pillars within the nebula known as the elephant trunks.
I had just recently shot this image about a month ago, but wanted to try to shoot it again with my new Sky-Watcher Esprit 100 telescope I just got. I wanted to use the higher resolution of the Esprit to really drill into the core region of the nebula to bring out the finer details. As with the last one, this is done in a false Hubble palette from Ha and OIII data.
-=Tech Data=-
-Equipment-
Imaging Scope: Sky-Watcher Esprit 100
Mount: Celestron CGX
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MC-Pro
Filter: STC Dua Narrowband (Ha and OIII)
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120 Mini
Guide Scope: Starfield 60mm guide scope
Dew Control: Kendrick
Power: Pegasus Astro Pocket Power Box
- Acquisition -
60 x 5 min exposures (5 hours total)
- Software -
Acquisition / Rig Control: Sequence Generator Pro
Stacking: Astro Pixel Processor
Processing: PixInsight
Post Processing: Photoshop CC
Shot at the Camden Lake Provincial Wildlife Area near Moscow, Ontario.
A busy area of the sky at the border of Cassiopeia and Cepheus.
Astro-Tech AT65EDQ flat-field quaduplet
24x480s light frames
Nikon D5500H⍺ @ ISO400
Rail Operations Group Class 37 No. 37884 Cepheus runs through Crewe station hauling 365519 as 5A91, Crewe TMD(E) to Willesden PRDC on 21st September 2020.
Captured on August 22, September 23 at Grand Mesa Observatory using QHYCCD’s QHY600PH Back Illuminated Full Frame Monochrome camera that we have the honor of testing for QHYCCD.
IC 1396 is a large, faintly bright, star-forming region that is about 100 light-years across and lies toward the constellation Cepheus at a distance of about 2,400 light-years from the Solar System. In this nebula, cometary globules and long columns of dense dark dust are abundant, potential sites for the generation of new stars. One of these columns is the popular Elephant Trunk Nebula, better known by its name in English Elephant Trunk Nebula, named by astronomers for its amazing resemblance to an elephant's trunk, is cataloged as IC 1396A and shown by contrast against the bluish cavity that fills the center of IC 1396. This dense column of star births is more than 20 light-years long and is eroded by ultraviolet radiation from the star HD 206267, which is part of the open star cluster cataloged as Collinder 439 and Trumpler 37, which is located in the center of the nebula.
Infrared observations, capable of passing through the dust, indicate that this dense column of dust contains more than 250 very young stars in and around this cloud, some of them are baby stars that are not older than 100,000 years, in addition to 2 stars young of two million years of age, residing in a circular cavity located in the head of the globule. This cavity may have been carved out by radiation and winds from stars in the process of being born. The combined action of the light from the massive star that ionizes and compresses the edge of the cloud, and the wind from the young stars that displaces gas from the center outward, leads to very high compression in the Elephant Trunk Nebula, this pressure has unleashed the current generation of protostars. The star mu Cephei, 38,000 times brighter than the Sun, is a red supergiant with a diameter greater than the orbit of Saturn, some 2,536 times the diameter of the Sun, making it one of the largest known stars. mu Cephei is a variable whose brightness oscillates between magnitudes 3.4 and 5.1 in periods that approximate 730 days. Mouse over the image or click on touch screens to identify the objects mentioned. In this image north is 36º to the right of the vertical. Explanation and Publication by Juan Carlos "universo magico" www.universomagico.net/2022/11/ic-1396-por-terry-hancock....
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Technical Info:
Total Integration time 13.8 hours
Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado
Date of capture: August 22, September 23
HA 275 min, 55 x 300 sec
OIII 345 min, 69 x 300 sec
SII 210 min, 42 x 300 sec
Camera: QHY600M Back Illuminated Full Frame Color CMOS
Gain 26 Offset 76
Read Mode: Photographic 16 bit
Calibrated with Dark, Bias and Flat Frames
Optics: Takahashi E-180 F2.8 Astrograph
Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6
Mount: Paramount ME
Image Scale:1.55 arcsec/pix
Pre Processed in Pixinsight
Pre Processed Pixinsight and Post Processed in Photoshop
On 22nd of April 2020 I was able to try out the Canon EOS 600D full spectrum with my Samyang 135mm f/2.0. It was a great night with very dark sky (SQM-L 21,63 mag/arcsec²) here in the Spreewald region of southern Brandenburg (Germany). This is IC 1396 with the Elefant's Trunk Nebula with Sharpless 129 and Barnard 169-71 in the constellation Cepheus.
[Canon EOS 600Dfs, Samyang 135 mm f/2, f/2.8, ISO-1600, 70x90s, APP+PS]
I photographed this handsome nebula about 2 weeks ago during a nearly full moon with the Optolong L-eXtreme filter.
NGC 7380 is a "must-shoot" object in Cepheus in my books. It's a fantastic target to try with a one-shot-color camera or DSLR, but a light pollution filter with narrow bandpasses will help keep those stars from taking over.
23 x 4-minutes (1.5 hours)
QHY 268C
Sky-Watcher Esprit 150\
DeepSkyStacker
Photoshop
Topaz DeNoise
The Iris Nebula is a reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus, which is actually a patch of interstellar dust illuminated by a blue star. In the 2-panel-mosaic wide-field image, you can see that this area of the sky is actually filled with interstellar dust, but the other dust is not illuminated by a nearby star like the Iris Nebula.
IC 1396 in Cepheus (2025)
Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello (Oria Amateur Astrophysical Observatory - OAAO)
IC 1396 is a large emission nebula and star forming region located about 2,400 light-years in Cepheus. It is energized by the bright central multiple star HD 206267.
The name refers properly to the cluster scattered in its center but is extended to the entire nebular region, one of the largest and brightest in the sky.
The orange star is the red supergiant Mu Cephei of about 19 solar masses, perhaps the largest star visible to the naked eye with an estimated diameter of about 1600 times that of the Sun. The estimate comes from its interferometrically measured angular diameter of 18.672±0.435 mas at a wavelength of 800 μm (D. Mozurkewich et al 2003 AJ 126 2502). Mu Cephei is also a variable star.
Progressive stack of data obtained on the Piano Visitone, located at 1,400 m in the Pollino National Park, with 200-300mm telephoto lenses.
Calibration and Stack of files with RegiStar 10, removal of gradients with GraXpert 3, Tuning and equalization with Luminar 4.
A number of Lynds Dark Nebulae are visible in this framing: LDN1225, LDN1229,LDN1230, LDN1231, LDN1232.
The emission nebula on the top right corner is the famous "bubble nebula".
Acquired from Grandview, CA - on Jun 23-24 2017.
R,G,B: 16 x 600s each
L: 6 x 600s
Main Camera: QSI 583 WSG
Guide Camera: SXV Lodestar (on OAG)
Mount: Astro-Physics Mach 1
Scope: Stellarvue SV100Q (effective FL: 580mm)
Acquisition/Automation Software: Starkeeper Voyager 1.0.17
Registed, Calibrated and Stacked and Post Processed with PixInsight 1.8
NGC 7380 known as the Wizard Nebula is located in the Perseus arm of the Milky Way galaxy in the constellation of Cepheus about 7000-8500 light years away and about 50 light years long. It is a young open cluster of stars surrounded by brightly ionized gasses of hydrogen, oxygen and sulfur. The aptly named, the wizard can be visualized here lying on his back, sporting his pointy wizard cap, pixie nose and outstretched arms conjuring some kind of alien baby.
Van den Bergh 142 Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Cepheus.
Narrowband SHO image.
Ha: 140 x 300s
OIII: 139 x 300s
SII: 104 x 300s
32 hours total exposure.
Image data acquired remotely between 03-08-2022 and 09-08-2022 from IC Astronomy Observatory, Oria, Spain.
Takahashi FSQ-106 telescope.
ZWO ASI 2600 CMOS camera.
Paramount MX equatorial mount
ZWO 7nm narrowband filters
Processed with Astro Pixel Processor, PixInsight and Affinity Photo.
Image by Nik Szymanek & Ian King.
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Sharpless 132 or The Lion Nebula, is a faint emission nebula located near the border of the constellations of Cepheus and Lacerta. It lies at a distance of between 10,000 and 12,000 light years.
Had to work hard to bring out the SII and OIII detail in this one. Do not get enough clear nights to spend any more than 4 on a single image.
Imaged over 4 nights, 2 in April 2022 and 2 in August 2023.
HEQ5 PRO
WO71GT with WO P-Flat6AIII adjustable Flattener/0.8x Reducer
QHY183M
Baader SHO narrowband filter set.
11 x 900sec Ha Gain16
12 x 900sec OIII Gain 16
7 x 900sec SII Gain 16
6 x 900sec Ha Gain 21
8 x 900sec Gain 21
11 x 900sec SII Gain 21
Acquisition time 13hrs45mins
Processed using Straton Star Removal, Pixinsight and Photoshop.
NGC7822, also known as SH2-171 and Cederblad 214, is an emission nebula on the border of the northern constellations Cepheus and Cassiopeia. Hot young stars have formed in the cloud of gas and dust and their stellar winds have carved out intricate shapes. This is a false colour narrowband image showing areas of ionised Hydrogen, Oxygen and Sulphur. Data provided by Patrick Gilliland (in exchange for some of my southern hemisphere goodies) and processed by me.
The Cave Nebula complex in Cepheus shows refelection and emission regions.
This is a H-RGB combination where Ha-only contributes luminosity while the colors are original RGB colors
ASI1600mmp and 130/910 mm TS Photoline triplet apo.
36 x 300s Ha
51 x 30s R
50 x 30s G
40 x 30s B
Astro Pixel Processor and PS CC2020.