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LDN 1235, the shark nebula, prowls 650 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus, its silhouette carved not from flesh and teeth, but from interstellar dust dense enough to block starlight itself. This predator drifts silently through space, camouflaged against the faint glow of background stars, lit only by nearby bluish reflection nebulae. Unlike its oceanic cousins, it doesn’t bite, but it does photobomb astrophotographers with a molecular cloud big enough to make Earth look like a speck of plankton. Proof that even in the vacuum of space, evolution never misses a chance to make things look terrifyingly familiar.
Dates:
Aug. 21 - 22, 2025
Frames:
Luminance: 168×300″(14h)
Red: 60×300″(5h)
Green: 60×300″(5h)
Blue: 48×300″(4h 30')
Total integration time: 28h 30'
Equipment:
Telescope: Askar 140APO refractor
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
Mount: ZWO AM5
Filters:
Antlia Luminance 36 mm
Antlia Red 36 mm
Antlia Green 36 mm
Antlia Blue 36 mm
Chroma Lum 36 mm
Chroma Red 36 mm
Chroma Green 36 mm
Chroma Blue 36 mm
Accessories:
Askar 0.8x Full Frame Reducer / Flattener for 140APO Telescope
The Iris Nebula (also known as NGC 7023 and Caldwell 4) is a bright reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus. The designation NGC 7023 refers to the open cluster within the larger reflection nebula designated LBN 487.
TAK106 - 2600MC LPRO
50 subs 60 sec 100g 50off -15*c
50 flats 30% N.I.N.A 19000AUD
50 darks
50 darkflats
APP P.I. PHcc
camera: ZWO ASI6200MM Pro with EFW 7x2"
filters: Optolong LRGB and Chroma 3-nm Ha/O3
telescope: TEC 140 f/7
mount: 10Micron GM2000 QCI
guider: ZWO ASI120 mini on 50-mm f/4 guidescope
exposure: L 40x2min (1x1) + RGB 25x2min (2x2, each channel) + Ha/O3 24x20min (2x2, each)
location: Les Granges, 900 m (Hautes Alpes, France)
software: TheSkyX Pro, CCD Commander, Pixinsight, PS CC
date: 25 Aug - 30 Oct 2022
Running 116L, ROG/Europhoenix 37884 "Cepheus" leads former Greater Anglia "Dusty Bin" 321324 to the scrap man working 5Q88 10.05 Wolverton Centre Sidings - Newport Docks [Simsgroup] whilst GWR 800302 prepares to depart platform 2 working 1B20 15.16 London Paddington - Cardiff Central service.
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Europhoenix Class 37/7 No.37884 Cepheus at Ely on 22nd September 2021 working 5Q42 09:50 Ely Potters-Newport (Simms Metals)Stock was 12154 barrier,42186,40705,42116,44077,41099,40740,44080,12125 barrier.
LDN1251 (Lynds’ Dark Nebula) is part of a molecular cloud structure in the constellation Cepheus. This is a region including several Herbig-Haro objects. These are visible as small red patches of nebulosity associated with newly born stars. Also on this image are distant galaxies, obscured by the molecular dust, the most prominent being PGC166755 (Left) and PGC69472 (Center). LDN1251 is about 1000ly away from Earth.
Telescope: 16″ f3.75 Dream Scope
Camera: FLI ML16803
Mount: ASA DDM85
Exposure: 9 hours (46x300s L + 3x20x300s RGB)
Date: July 2018 (data) – September 2020 (processing)
Location: Southern Alps, France
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Sh2-155 (also designated Sharpless 155 or S155) is a diffuse nebula in the constellation Cepheus, within a larger nebula complex containing emission, reflection, and dark nebulosity. It is widely known as the Cave Nebula, though that name was applied earlier to Ced 201, a different nebula in Cepheus. Sh2-155 is an ionized H II region with ongoing star formation activity, at an estimated distance of 725 parsecs (2400 light-years) from Earth.
Only 50 minutes of total exposure time @1600iso (180 sec each) with Tecnosky 80/480mm apo triplet + 0.8x reducer corrector + Canon EOS 600D uv cut on a Skywatcher HEQ5 and 60/220 + lacerta autoguider
Co-authors: Valentina Saltarelli and Giorgio Ferrari
Rail Operations Group 37884 "Cepheus" leads ex Northern EMU's 322481 & 321901 down the South Dock Branch towards the breakers yard at Sims working 5Q86 11.04 Ilford EM.U.D. - Newport Docks [Simsgroup. These are the first Class 321/9 and Class 322 EMU's to arrive at Sims for scrapping.
Here is NGC 7822 captured two nights ago with enough integration to do this little camera justice.
30 x 5-minutes @ Unity Gain
ZWO ASI533MC Pro
Optolong L-eNhance Filter
Starizona APEX 0.65 Reducer
Sky-Watcher Esprit 100 APO
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro Mount
DeepSkyStacker
Photoshop CC
Video: youtu.be/yBU-1tgd92s
Processing Guide: sellfy.com/p/0zsyyq/
IC1396 is an open cluster associated with a large diffuse nebula, visible in constellation of Cepheus; it is located in an area of the Milky Way partially obscured by dark nebulae. What is evident in long exposure photos is the large nebulous complex surrounding the cluster; its appearance is roughly circular and crossed by numerous dark spots, which on closer inspection turn out to be Bok globules, particularly concentrated regions of the nebula where the formation of new stars takes place. It is therefore an H II region, and is part of a vast system of molecular clouds and OB associations called the Cepheus Cloud Complex. One particular dark nebula that overlaps the object is called the Elephant's Trunk. IC 1396 is about 3000 light-years from the Sun.
Camera: CCD Moravian G2 8300
Optic: 135mm Samyang lens f/2 @f/2.8
Frames: 10X420 sec each Bin1 -25°
RGB: Canon 600D mod - 135mm Canon lens f/3.5
Frames Ha 7nm: 36X420sec - RGB: 6X420sec each - Bin1 -20°
Mount: Ioptron CEM60 HP
Processing: Pixinsight, PS
Rail Operations Group Class 37, 37884 'Cepheus' is seen trundling south past Heamies Bridge working 0M59 Carnforth Steamtown - Leicester LIP.
26 x 4-minute ISO 1600 auto-guided exposures.
Modified EOS 600D & Revelation 12" f/4 Newtonian reflector telescope.
Frames stacked in Deep Sky Stacker software. Result post-processed to increase contrast, reduce noise, adjust overall colour balance and reduce colour gradients caused by light pollution. I also used Starnet++ to temporarily remove the stars during processing (as otherwise they dominate after stretching the contrast).
This is the Iris Nebula (NGC 7023) Located near the Cepheus constellation.
This is a stack of 58 light frames 120s each at iso 1600. (Total Exposure 1hr56min). Processed using darks, flats and bias in PixInsight and Photoshop.
Taken with 5dmk3 (unmodified) with a William Optics Zenithstar 81 telescope and 0.8 flattener (total focal length 447mm) on a HEQ5 mount (no guiding).
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. The bright rim is the surface of the dense cloud that is being illuminated and ionized by a very bright, massive star.
The Elephant's Trunk nebula is now thought to be a site of star formation, containing several very young (less than 100,000 yr) stars that were discovered in infrared images in 2003. Two older (but still young, a couple of million years, by the standards of stars, which live for billions of years) stars are present in a small, circular cavity in the head of the globule. Winds from these young stars may have emptied the cavity.
Date: 7 Jul, 9/10 Sep 2015
Mount: AP Mach 1
Imaging scope: AT8RC CCDT67 1080mm
Imaging camera: Trius SX-694
Lights: Ha 20 x 1800 sec bin1
OIII 18 x 1800 sec bin1
SII 17 x 1800 sec bin1
Calibration: 100 bias, 50 flat each filter
Guide scope: OAG Lodestar
Other details: Captured with SGP, guided with PHD, stacked in DSS processed in Photoshop
Sh 2-140, a beautiful H ii region that lies on the southeast edge of Lynds 2304 — a dark nebula. Also pictured is the star cluster IC 1396 (also known as Trumpler 37), which, in turn, is situated near the edge of the Cepheus bubble. The whole lot, including the famous Elephant’s Trunk nebula, can be found about 3,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Cepheus.
Imaged from Sierra Remote Observatories with a shared setup:
Scope: Ceravolo 300 f/4.9 (FL: 1480mm)
Camera: FLI PL16803
Mount: AP 1100AE
*Data Acquisition Credit: John Kasianowicz, Daniele Malleo, Rob Pfile, Rick Stevenson, Jerome Yesavage, Leonardo Orazi
*Image processing: Daniele Malleo
23.12.2021.
ROG Europhoenix liveried Class 37 No 37884 'Cepheus' works away from Retford with 5Q26, the 08.56 Clacton CSD - Worksop Up Reception sidings move.
Two Greater Anglia EMU Units (No's 321421 and 321337) in National Express livery were being taken to Harry Needle's storage yard at Worksop - I suspect they will eventually go for scrap.
37884 "Cepheus", 465237 and 465235 pass Kensington Olympia with 5Q26 1059 Gillingham E.M.U.D. to Worksop Up Receptions. The 465's are to be stored at Worksop
Rail Operations Group 37884 "Cepheus" stands at the signal on the DRL hauling scrap yard bound Strathclyde EMU 314206 working 5Q76 22.26 Shields T.M.D. [E] - Newport Docks [Simsgroup]
And Barnard Dark Nebula B161
Constel.: Cepheus
Distanc.: 1566 light years
Magnitud: 3,50
Type: Emission Nebula
Other Objects: IC 1396 (star open cluster)
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Barnard 150 is a dark nebula visible in Cepheus constellation. It is also known as the Seahorse Nebula due to its shape.
Mount, EQ6R Pro
Telescope, William Optics GT81V
Filter, Optolong L Pro
Camera, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro cooled to -10C
Extras, 120MM guide scope and camera, ASIAIR Pro
75 x 300 second exposures
35 x darks
35 x bias
35 x flats
Processed in Pixinsight
From Wikipedia: 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.
This was imaged over 5 nights from my home observatory.
Image Details:
83 x 600s, ISO 800
78 darks, 100 flats, 300 bias
Gear: Canon 450D (Full Spectrum Modified), Explore Scientific 80mm APO Triplet @ f/4.9 384mm, Hutech LPS D1, Orion Atlas EQ-G, Televue 0.8x Reducer
Processed in Pixinsight
Europhoenix/ROG 37510 "Orion" & 37884 "Cepheus" run around their train passing Lydney Junction signal box prior to working 1P25, the 15.35 Lydney Junction - Parkend service accompanied by BR Green E6003 [73003 "Sir Herbert Walker" on the first day of the Dean Forest Diesel Gala.
Rail Operations Group Class 37/7 No. 37884 'Cepheus' hauls ex GA MK 3 barrier's 12154 /125, top & tail with ex Virgin East Coast HST MK 3's 42191, 42193, 42192, 42146, 42128, 42238, 42199, 42198, 42239. The consist passes Ely Dock Junction as 5Q42 0950 Ely Papworth Sidings to Newport Docks (Simsgroup) scrap move on 24.9.2021.
NGC 7822 is a young star forming complex located 2,935 ly from earth, and NGC 7762 is an open cluster about 2,400 ly away. Both are in the constellation Cepheus.
Rio Rancho NM Bortle 5 zone
April 28, 2022
William Optics Redcat 51
ZWO 183mc pro
ZWO 30mm f/4 mini guide scope and ZWO 120 Mini
Optolong L-eNhance filter
ZWO ASI Air Pro
Sky-Watcher HEQ5
40 X 300s lights ; with darks bias dithering
Gain 111 at -10C
Processed in DSS and PS
70 x 4-minute ISO 1600 auto-guided exposures taken over 3 nights in 2023 and 2024.
Modified EOS 600D & Revelation 12" f/4 Newtonian reflector telescope.
Frames stacked in Deep Sky Stacker software. Result post-processed to increase contrast, reduce noise, adjust overall colour balance and reduce colour gradients caused by light pollution. I also used Starnet++ to temporarily remove the stars during processing (as otherwise they dominate after stretching the contrast).
ccd: Moravian G3-16200 with EFW + OAG
filters: Optolong LRGB and Astrodon 5-nm Ha/O3
telescope: FSQ 106N f/5
mount: 10Micron GM2000 QCI
guider: Lodestar X2
exposure: L 25x10min + RGB 23x5min + Ha 14x30min (all 1x1)
location: Les Granges, 900 m (Hautes Alpes, France)
software: TheSkyX Pro, CCD Commander, Pixinsight, PS CC
date: 16 Sep - 29 Oct 2019
NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula in the constellation of Cepheus.
Second run at this target on a moonless night. I'm pleased with more dust detail in this image.
M: iOptron EQ45-Pro
T: William Optics GTF81
C: ZWO ASI1600MC-Cooled
F: No Filters
G: PHD2
GC: ZWO ASI120mini
RAW16; FITs
Temp: -20 DegC
Gain 139
67 x Exp 180s
Frames: 67 Lights; 10 Darks; 100 flats
80% Crop
Capture: SharpCap
Processed: APP; PS; Grad Exterminator.
Sky: No Moon, calm, no cloud, cool, good seeing.
NGC7023: 1.3 thousand light years distant.
Rail Operations Group 37884 "Cepheus" pauses in platform 4 running 28E conveying new West Midland Trains Aventra EMU 730005 inbetween Barrier Vehicles 6378 & 6379 with 37608 "Andromeda" bringing up the rear working 5Q57 13.45 Oxley CAR.M.D.- Derby Litchurch Lane.
Rail Operations Groups 37884 Cepheus+57312+37608 Andromeda passing Ankerbold, with The Buxton Spa Express, 1Z86 17.10 Buxton to Lichfield City, 18.07.2021
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Class 37 no 37 884 , Cepheus,on a light engine movement from Derby to Worcester R.T.C. 08.01.23. Velvia 50 pushed one stop.
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DeHt5 (Dengel-Hartl 5) is a large faint ancient planetary nebula in the constellation Cepheus. It is estimated to be one of the closest planetary nebulae at a distance of 1300-1600 light years.
The faint red filaments at the top right hand corner of the image are the supernova remnant called SNR 110.3+11.3.
Astrodon Blue: 19x300"
Astrodon Green: 19x300"
Astrodon Lum: 20x600"
Astrodon Red: 20x300"
Astrodon Ha: 25x1800s bin 2x2
Astrodon OIII: 26x1800s bin 2x2
Total Integration: 34 hours
Captured on my dual rig in Spain.
Scopes: APM TMB LZOS 152 (6" aperture 1200mm focal length)
Cameras: QSI6120wsg8
Mount: 10Micron GM2000 HPS
200/800 custom carbon Newtonian astrograph
2.5" Wynne-Riccardi corrector
ASI1600MM camera + Baader 7nm H-alpha filter
12*300 sec
37884 ‘Cepheus’ passes Ponthir with Merseyrail Units 507003 & 507023 for scrapping , running as 5Q78 06.05 Birkenhead TMD to Newport Docks Unimetals. Monday 16th December 2024.
Rail Operations Group (ROG) 37884 'Cepheus' drags 455819 past Harrow & Wealdstone working the 5Q70 0855 Wolverton Centre Sidings to Stewarts Lane T&R.S.M.D.
37 884 Cepheus takes a rake of 7 ex LNER MKIII HST trailer vehicles on their last journey to oblivion - 5Q42 09:50 Ely Papworth Sidings - Newport Docks. 2 ex Greater Anglia MKIII hauled carriages have a short reprieve, being used as barrier vehicles
The train was running over 2 hours late, being held at Finsbury Park while there was disruption on the GWML. Long gaps with no westbound services followed by groups of IETs running block on block. Fortunately, that did mean the sun was out by the time it appeared
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396) in the constellation Cepheus.
Rio Rancho NM Bortle 5 zone, A bunch of days in June, 2022
William Optics Redcat 51
ZWO 183mm pro
ZWO 30mm f/4 mini guide scope and ZWO 120 Mini
Optolong h-alpha and OIII filter
ZWO ASI Air Pro
Sky-Watcher HEQ5
72 X 300s Ha
44 X 300 OIII
60 X 300 SII
Gain 111 at -10C
Processed in DSS and PS
NGC 7129 is a reflection nebula located 3300 light years from Earth in the constellation Cepheus. This is in the center of this image. An open star cluster containing 130 or so stars is responsible for illuminating the nebula. The pink color comes from glowing dust being heated by the stars in the cluster. The blue regions are caused by dust reflecting or scattering the starlight, a similar process to what causes our own sky to be blue.
Surrounding the central nebula is a vast region of interstellar dust and molecular cloud. A region of hydrogen gas which emits light in the red portion of the spectrum is seen to the upper left.
Capture info:
Location: SkyPi Remote Observatory, Pie Town NM US
Telescope: Orion Optics UK AG14 (F3.8)
Mount: 10 Micron GM3000
Camera: QHY 268M
Data: HaLRGB. Approximately 8, 5, 5.5, 6, 5.5 respectively
Processing: Pixinsight
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.
This is older data I shot a couple of summers ago and thought the session was messed up. Turns out I had some usable data in there that was good.
-=Tech Data=-
-Equipment-
Imaging Scope: SkyWatcher Esprit 100
Mount: Celestron CGX
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MC-Pro
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120 Mini
Guide Scope: Starfield 60mm guide scope
- Acquisition -
1 hours 45 minutes of 3 min exposures
- Software -
Acquisition / Rig Control: Sequence Generator Pro
Stacking: Astro Pixel Processor
Processing: PixInsight
Post Processing: Photoshop CC
Shot at the Dark Sky Viewing Area near Erinsville, Ontario.
This is a wide-field portrait of a set of nebulas with colourful names but rendered here in monochrome: The Bubble Nebula at upper left; the Lobster Claw Nebula below it (somewhat obvious for its shape); the Cave Nebula at upper right; and the Wizard Nebula at bottom. The small round nebula above the Wizard is Sharpless 2-152. Just below it and very small is Sh2-148. The star cluster right of centre is NGC 7419.
The Bubble Nebula's spherical bubble is a little lost at this scale. It lies below the star cluster Messier 52. The Bubble is also known as NGC 7635. The Lobster Claw is Sharpless 2-157 and is sometimes called the Californietto. The Cave Nebula is Sharpless 2-155, while the Wizard is Sharpless 2-142, but also known as NGC 7380, though that designation more correctly applies to the star cluster associated with it. All are located on the Cassiopeia-Cepheus border. North is more or less up in this portrait orientation.
This is a stack of 12 x 16-minute exposures with the SharpStar 61mm EDPH refractor with its reducer at f/4.4, and with the Canon EOS Ra camera at ISO 3200, with a clip-in Astronomik 12nm H-alpha filter to block all but red H-a light for a monochrome portrait. Luminosity masks with Lumenzia helped bring out the faint nebulosity. The initial exposures were taken in moonlight. I added a slight blue colour grade for artistic effect.
This reflection nebula, also known as Vdb 146 in Cepheus lies at a distance of 3300 light-years from Earth. 130 stars are illuminating the nebula. The red blobs in the nebula are Herbig-Haro objects. These objects are compressed hydrogen gas clouds. The red color comes from ionized gas in the shock front.
Color image taken at the remote observatory from the E-Eye site in Spain. The image is composed of 28 hours of exposure time with the ZWO ASI-2600MC color camera using a Takahashi CCA250 f3.6 astrograph, riding a unguided 10Micron GM2000.
NGC 7822 is a young star forming region located in the constellation of Cepheus. The complex encompasses the emission region designated Sharpless 171, and the young cluster of stars named Berkeley 59, with the younger stars aged no more than a few million years. It lies around 2,900 years distant.
This image is a combination of Ha subs and those captured using an STC Duo narrowband filter.
Ha subs:
HEQ5 PRO
WO71GT with P-Flat6A III x0.8 reducer corrector
QHY163M Gain10 Offset 70 -20C
Baader 7nm Ha narrowband filter
18 x 300sec subs
Duo narrowband subs:
QHY294C Gain 2900 Offset 30 -20C
STC Duo narrowband filter
12 x 900sec subs
Processed using Straton star removal, Pixinsight and Photoshop.
ROG 37884 hauls class 466s for impending store at Worksop, seen here passing through Marholm, ECML on 12th October 2023
37884 "Cepheus" is seen heading south through Wigan Boars Head G.F. along with 317884 (DIT) working 5Q50 11:38 Kilmarnock Bonnyton Depot to Ilford E.M.U.D. on the 15th May 2020.
Stock :- 77073, 71602, 62686, 77025,.
© Andy Parkinson 2020 - No Unauthorised Use Please.
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.
The image was taken on several nights in May 2020 at the remote observatory at the E-Eye site in Spain with the Takahashi 106 @ f3.6 and a ZWO ASI294 color camera riding a Paramount MEII. The exposure is composed of 131 exposures of 300 seconds.