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The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula is a dense region of dust and gas found within the considerably larger star forming region IC 1396 in constellation of Cepheus, around 2,400 light years away from Earth.
This emission nebula was named the Elephant’s Trunk because a piece of the nebula resembles an elephant’s head and trunk at visible wavelengths, appearing as a dark patch with a bright winding rim. The nebula is large and relatively faint, stretching over 100 light years. The trunk of the nebula stretches for over 20 light years and is designated IC 1396A.
Target:
IC1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula (bottom center) is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region. It is approximately 2,400 light years away from Earth in the constellation Cepheus.[
Gear:
Mount: ZWO AM5
Main Cam: ZWO ASI294MC Pro @ gain 121 and 14F
Guide Cam: ZWO ASI120MM Mini with ZWO 30mm f/4 scope
Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 300
Filter: Antlia ALP-T 5nm Ha and Oiii
Acquisition:
60 5 min exposures total of 5.0 hours
Location: Southwest Austin suburb
Bortle: 5/6
Moon: 10% below horizon for most of session
Processing:
Pixinsight WBPP
GraXpert BE
Pixinsight SPCC
PixInsight BTX NTX
PixInsight Bill Blanshan GH_Stretch HOONormalization
Pixinsight StarXterminator
PhotoShop/ACR selective colors, clarity
Pixinsight Curves, MMT, recombine stars
Ou4 the Giant Squid Nebula in Ti-colour with 10 hours of added SII and OIII
A mysterious, squid-like apparition cataloged as Ou4 ( OIII to blue), and Sh2-129 also known as the Flying Bat Nebula ( Ha to red) located in the constellation Cepheus
Imaging telescope: Vixen VSD 100 f/3
Imaging camera: 9.2mp Sony SX814
Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX
Guiding telescope or lens: Vixen VSD 100 f/3
Filters: Chroma OIII 3nm, Chroma Ha 3nm and Chroma SII 3nm
Dates: Nov.. 3, 2016
Frames: 44x1800" at F3
Integration: 42.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 1.81 days
Avg. Moon phase: 3.67%
Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain
from nasa.gov: "NGC 7380 is located in the constellation Cepheus about 7,000 light-years from Earth within the Milky Way Galaxy. The star cluster is embedded in a nebula, which spans some 110 light-years. The stars of NGC 7380 have emerged from this star-forming region in the last 5 million years or so, making it a relatively young cluster. NGC 7380 was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. Her brother, William Herschel, discovered infrared light in 1800."
Askar 120APO with .8 reducer: 660 f/5.5
ZWO ASI533MM Mono Camera at -20C
Guided on ZWO AM5
21x300s with 3nm Ha filter
37x300s with 5nm Oiii filter
37x300s with 5nm Sii filter
Processed with PixInsight, Ps
NGC7023 is a reflection nebula in the Cepheus constellation, around 1300 light years from earth.
Image acquisition details:
35x300" Luminance
25x300" Red
25x300" Green
25x300" Blue
Intergalactic Crocodile departing for the dusty emission nebula in Auriga.
moonrocksastro.com/index.php/2015/12/23/intergalactic-cro...
This is a mosaic made up of three panels with an integration of around 35 to 45 hours of exposure.
Caldwell 31, a huge, sprawling nebula spanning five light years and surrounding the ‘Flaming Star’, AE Aurigae, the bright star visible in the upper portion of the nebula. AE Aur (mag. +6) is an runaway star that is thought to have been one of three stars ejected from near the Trapezium in Orion 2.7 million years ago. It’s a class-O hydrogen fusing dwarf that is at least 30,000 times more luminous than our Sun. The nebula and the star lie around 1500 light years away.
The smaller nebula at the top is IC405, commonly known as the Tadpole Nebula for the small ‘tadpole-like’ structures of dense, cooler gas that are being shaped by the intense radiation from the hot stars of the young open cluster NGC 1893, embedded in the nebulosity. It’s just possible to see the tadpoles to the upper right of the largest dark section at the centre of the nebulosity, with the open cluster just above. IC405 lies 12,000 light years away.
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Vixen VSD
Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18
Mounts: Sky-Watcher MX
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Vixen VSD
Guiding cameras: sx loadstar
Software: Sequence Generator Pro, PHD, Photoshop CS5
Filters: Baader Ha, OIII & SII
Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel, Baader Planetarium 36mm narrowband filters
ROG Class 37/8 No.37884 ‘Cepheus’ is hauling 465907 X 465934 with 5Q72 11:10 Doncaster Works Wabtec - Wembley Receptions 1-7 at Broad Fen Lane, Claypole. 21-12-2022.
Does anybody know why the 465's have become 4659XX?
NGC 7822
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This is an emission nebula located in the constellation Cepheus, about 3000 light-years from us, being a region where new stars are born. If the strong radiation emitted by the new stars ionizes the surrounding gas and illuminates the entire area, the same radiation erodes those "pillars" of cosmic dust causing, over time, those concentrated areas of dust to disappear and thus destroy the main "material" that forms the new stars.
Equipment and settings:
Mount: Skywatcher Eq6R
Telescope: Explore Scientific 102ED + 0.75 APM reducer
Camera: ASI 533MM
Filter: Astrodon SHO
Total integration: 10 hours ( Ha 38 exposures x 5 min, Sii 44 x 5 min, Oiii 63 x 3 min )
Edit in Pixinsight.
Location: my Bortle 6+ backyard.
This image is shot from Bortle 5 sky using a William Optics Star 71 telescope (348mm at F4.9) on an iOptron CEM26. Camera used is an Atik 383L+ mono using Astrodon LRGB filters.
The image is composed of 43 Luminance frames and 65 RGB frames of 600sec each.
Total exposure is 18Hr.
This is another experiment with my dual 200mm camera setup. And even though this uses narrowband filters it's a pseudo-natural color image. I used a dual narrowband filter with my color camera for Ha and Oiii and did not modify the colors. These are represented by the red and blueish-greens. I then added Sii from a monochrome camera as orange, in reality Sii should be a slightly darker red than Ha but using that would make it nearly indistinguishable from the Ha.
I'll do an additional session using monochrome Ha and Oiii. Likely that will give me sharper detail. But it can only be done shot over two nights, which rarely happens... or with three cameras. The other route is to change my setup so I can dither between images. I can't currently do that with my current setup. Dithering would perhaps allow me to get a noticeable improvement in the color images with drizzle.
From Luca Marinelli on astrobin: "Sharpless 132 (Sh2-132) goes by the common name of the Lion Nebula and it straddles the boundary of the constellations Cepheus and Lacerta. It is primarily an emission nebula with several embedded small dark nebulae and is estimated to be at a distance of roughly 10,000 light years from Earth. The core of Sh2-132 includes pillar-like structures, Bok globules and the characteristic oxygen-rich stripe through the head of the Lion. The star HD211853 in the core region is a Wolf-Rayet star with catalog number WR-153ab. Wolf-Rayet stars are extremely hot stars in late stages of stellar evolution that are often associated with molecular emissions as is the case in the more famous Crescent Nebula and WR-134 in Cygnus."
Askar ACL200: 200mm f/4
ZWO ASI533MC Color Camera at -20C
11x60s with UV/IR cut filter (for the stars only)
62x300s with Ha/Oiii filter
Nikon 70-200mm 200mm f/2.8
ZWO ASI533MM Mono Camera at -20C
45x300s with Sii filter
Guided on ZWO AM5
Processed with PixInsight, Ps
R.O.G. 37884 "Cepheus" crawls through Barrow upon Soar hauling the Doncaster Works Wagon Shop to Leicester L.I.P. stock drag ( 769535 ) on February 28th 2025.
This is an image of the Shark Nebula (LDN1235), a cloud of interstellar gas and dust sculpted by the solar winds from massive stars, it's located in the constellation of Cepheus and is approximately 650 light years from Earth. Shot in LRBG from the dark skies of Dumfries and Galloway, the image was taken over two nights with just over eight hours of exposure.
Location: Kirkinner, Dumfires and Galloway, UK
Scope: Tak FSQ85-ED @f/5.3
Camera: QHY 268M, Mode 1, Gain 56, Offset 30
Filters: Chroma LRGB
Mount: CEM60-EC, OAG guiding
Integration: L x 67, R x 65, G x 59, B x 58, all filters at 120s
Acquisition: N.I.N.A
Processing: PI and Photoshop
LBN 552 AND LDN 1228 ARE TWO EXTREMELY WEAK MOLECULAR NEBULAE IN CEPHEUS, ALSO CALLED "FIGHTING DRAGONS" BECAUSE OF THEIR SHAPE.
This is an open cluster with an emission nebulae surrounding it in the constellation of Cepheus (The King), it is 7,200 light years distant from Earth with a magnitude of 7.2. The cluster contains 45 fainter stars and some maybe obscured by the nebula. The nebula portions of this object is 1,800 light years away, much closer than the open cluster.
Taken in St. Joseph, IL on 9/15/2017
Image type: Narrowband Ha OIII SII 10 x 300 sec. each.
Hardware: AT8RC, QHY9
Software: Nebulosity, CCDStack, Photoshop CS6, Images Plus
Working boat, built in 1935 by Harland and Wolff to work on the Grand Union canal. Note the canvas covers over the large cargo area...different to the living accomodation on narrowboats.
This motor boat is preserved in tip top condition and often appears at meetings and shows on the canal network.
A boney finger of dark nebulas (Barnard 169 to 174) reaches for the light (Ced 199 Sh2-134 and Sh2-135)
See on Fluidr
OTA: Takahashi FSQ-106 EDX4
GUIDER: Stellarvue F50
MOUNT: Software Bisque Paramount MyT
CAMERA: FLI ML-16070M
GUIDE CAMERA: ZWO ASI 174 Mini M
REDUCER: Takahashi 645 QE .72x f/3.6
SOFTWARE: SGP, PhD2, TheSkyX, Pixinsight, Starnet++, Photoshop
FILTERS: AstrodonLRGB; 5nm Hα, 3nm SII, 3nm OIII
ACCESSORIES: Optec Gemini Focuser/Rotator
LOCATION: SRO
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ROG 37884 Cepheus runs over the 23 arch span viaduct at Kilmarnock returning to Derby after bringing a Scotrail 318 EMU from Yorker to Bonnyton depot.
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This image was photographed under northern skies, at my home in Valencia.
Integration 8 nights
Chroma Filter NB filters
AG14 Newtonian astrograph.
camera: Starlight Xpress Trius SX-814
Chroma Filter NB
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Rail Operations Group (ROG) 37884 'Cepheus' leads Ex-Greater Anglia Class 321s 321421 and 321337 past Huntingdon, working the 5Q26 0856 Clacton C.S.D. to Worksop Up Receptions storage move.
This my interpretation of the Hubble Heritage data for
WFC3-Mosaic-of-Carina-Nebula-HH-901-C in narrowband
Hope you find this interesting!
The original data can be found here if you want to have a go :)
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This is the next installment of my 2016 Cygnus exploration. This image has an integration of approximately 25 hours of photography. Featured in this image: SH2-115 an emission nebula. It is approximately 7500 light years away. Also featured are the Planetary Nebula Abell 71 and Weinberger 1-10 in the center left of frame.
Red hydrogen emission and blue reflection nebulae, dark molecular clouds and a bright star sitting in the middle, flooding the scene its yellow light... Sounds like the Rho Ophichui region?
Sure. There is, however, another smaller, but similarly colorful area in the sky:
Meet the Cave Nebula!
Officially designated Sh2-155, the Cave Nebula in the constellation Cepheus, is a diffuse nebula of ionized hydrogen with ongoing star formation activity, at an estimated distance of 2400 light-years from Earth. It lies within a larger complex containing emission, reflection, and dark nebulosity.
The name "Cave Nebula" for Sh2-155 was coined by Patrick Moore, presumably derived from photographic images showing a curved arc of emission nebulosity corresponding to a cave mouth. Earlier, the name was already used to refer to another brighter but unrelated reflection nebula in Cepheus, known as Ced 201. The name's application to Sh2-155 has come into vogue through the nebula's inclusion in Moore's Caldwell catalogue as object Caldwell 9.
EXIF
ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro
Baader Ha, Oiii, RGB filters
William Optics Megrez 88, f/5.6
Skywatcher AZ-GTI controlled with ASIAir
ZWO ASI 385MC for autoguiding
PixInsight processing
Total integration time: 5h10min
37884 "Cepheus" at Sawmills on the approach to Ambergate, with 769535 in tow as 5Q59 10.18 Doncaster Works Wagon Shops to Leicester L.I.P. Pole shot. 28/02/25.
37884 'Cepheus' had a busy week working travelling north from Derby to Kilmarnock to work a stock move in Scotland, before returning south the next day to perform the same function in the midlands.
The 37's are verging on 60 years of age but are still operationally useful locomotives, with Colas, DRS, LSL and RoG among those making use of the venerable English Electrics.
2021 represents a significant milestone in the history of the Phoenix Railway-Photographic Circle with the celebration of our 50th anniversary. Phoenix was set up in spring 1971 and was created to promote an alternative approach to railway photography. Why not take a look at the PRPC web site at www.phoenix-rpc.co.uk/index.html.
4th April 2021.
Pose - [piXit] Cepheus Couple Pose
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IJA
Earrings ➥ RichB. Vega Earrings
MARLY
Earrings ➥*PKC* LeL EVO X Julie
Hair ➥TRUTH Valiant - Blonde
A 4 panel mosaic Frames: 120x1800"
Integration: 60.0 hours
This data was acquired with my Takahashi TSA 102. Hope you enjoy it!
NGC 2237 Inside the Rosette nebula
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi TSA 102,
Imaging cameras: Starlight Express SXVR-H18
Mounts: Sky-Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Takahashi TSA 102
Guiding cameras: sx loadstar
Focal reducers: Takahashi TOA/FS Reducer
Software: PHD, Main Sequence Software
Filters: Baader Red 2", Baader SII 8.5nm, Baader B 2", Baader G 2", Baader O III 8.5nm, Baader Ha 8.5nm
Accessories: Starlight Xpress USB filter wheel
DESCRIPTION: Beautiful blue reflection nebula with dark dast around in constellation Cepheus. The nebula which shines at magnitude +6.8, is illuminated by a magnitude +7.4 star SAO 19158. Apparent dimension 18’ x 18’ is on the limit of possibility for my Nikkor 500 mm / f 5,6 PF lens. Exposure is little bit tricky. The core is relatively bright and must be correctly exposed (unfortunately not my case). All constructive comments are welcome. You can be critical. I would very much appreciate your advice and tips.
OBJECT: NGC 7023, Iris Nebula, Constelation Cepheus, apparent magnitude 6,8, apparent dimension 18 x 18 arcmin, FOV 3,5 x 2,5 arcdeg.
GEAR: Nikon Z7 Kolari Full Spectrum + Nikkor 500/5,6 PF, Astronomic UV/IR/L2 Cli in filter, Rollei Astroklar light pollution filter, Dew heater strip, pixel scale 1,79 arcsec/px, tracking mount iOptron CEM60EC - 3 star alignment, no auto guiding.
ACQUISITION: All frame taken in two sessions, September 3-5, 2021, Struz, CZ, Subexposure 180s, f 5,6, ISO 2000, Interval 15 s, RAW-L, Light 34x, Dark 30x, Bias 20x, Flat 20x, DarkFlat 10x. Total exposure time 102 min. Night, no wind, 7-8°C, no Moon, Light polluted area - Bortle 5.
STACKING AND POST PROCESSING: AstroPixelProcessor (stacking, background neutralization, light pollution removal, calibrate background) , Adobe Photoshop CC 2021 (stretching, black and white point settings, dim stars, enhance DSO, contrast setting, noise reduction). Cropped 1,3 x, image size 3840 x 2560 px.
Object: SH2-135 and surrounding objects in Cepheus (HaRGB)
SH2-135 is a large, dim, less often photographed emission nebula in the southern part of the constellation Cepheus. It is about 6200 light years from Earth.
Also, in the Field of View:
-NGC7281 – open star cluster
-NGC7261 – open star cluster
- Several LBN or Lynds Bright Nebulae are also present
- LBN492, LBN493
-LBN486, LBN489, LBN491
-A number of LDN or Lynds Dark Nebula are also present
- LDN1175, DN1184, LDN1179, LDN1180, LDN1185 & LDN 1190
- Planetary Nebula PK103 (lower left)
- Acquisition Date: 12/14/2023 - 12/15/2023
- Location: Western Massachusetts, USA
- Imaging Camera: QHY600PH-M -10°C - Mode 1(High Gain) Offset:15 Gain:56
- Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106EDXIII @ f/5 (530mm focal length - 106mm aperture)
- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100 w/GTO4
- Guide scope: Celestron Off Axis Guider
- Guide Camera: ASI174m mini
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, Aries Astro Pixel Processor
Filters:
- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm 36 x 600 sec (360 min)
Astrodon Gen II E 50mm Filters
-Red: 35 x 120 sec (70 min)
-Green: 36 x 120 sec (72 min)
-Blue: 35 x 120 sec (70 min)
Total Exposure:446min. (7.43hrs)
Sky Quality:
-Magnitude: 19.71
-Bortle Class 5
-1.41 mcd/m^2 Brightness
-1234.6 ucd/m^2 Artificial Brightness
There is so much going on in this wide field of view on the border of Cassiopeia and Cepheus that it is hard to know where to start! The largest object is The Lobster Claw Nebula (Sh2-157) in the upper right quadrant, with the small cluster, NGC 7510, above and to its left. The small bright nebula in the upper left is NGC 7538. In the middle lower portion of the image is a very small looking Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635). Finally the open cluster M52 (NGC 7654) is glistening in the lower left corner.
The northern section of the Lobster Claw Nebula has a ring shape due to the stellar wind of several giant stars. The southern section is illuminated because of excited particles caused by light radiation from stars with a spectral type O. Inside this nebula there is a very young star cluster, this is the latest generation of a process of star formation.
The open cluster NGC 7510 lies on the boundary of Cepheus and Cassiopeia. It is estimated to be 10 million years old and the light from the cluster has undergone partial extinction by interstellar gas and dust.
The nebula NGC 7538 also lies within this region of the sky. It is home to the biggest yet discovered protostar which is about 300 times the size of the Solar System. It is an active site of star formation and home to several luminous near-infrared and far-infrared sources.
The Bubble Nebula, NGC 7635, is a star surrounded by a giant molecular cloud. The Bubble is illuminated by the star’s intense ultraviolet radiation and is still growing due to the constant pressure of stellar wind.
The open cluster M52 has an apparent magnitude of 5.0 with its brightest star having a magnitude of 11. It is a compressed star cluster populated by many faint stars.
Equipment used
EQ6R Pro mount
William Optics GT81V and .8 reducer
Asi 2600MC cooled to -10c
Optolong L Extreme Filter
ASIAIR Pro
120mm guide scope and mini camera
Zwo EAF
Processed in Pixinsight
6 hours of 600 second exposures
37884 ‘Cepheus ‘ hauling 710108 with 47813 ‘Jack Frost’ on the rear at Poachings Crossing, Rearsby with 5Q58 09:11 Derby Litchurch Lane - Old Dalby. 05-09-2019.
“Hooray new data at last”
Though I could’ve re-processed my previous data of this image but decided it’s about time I got some new images. This is less integrated time but exposures were 6 min each and I used my new 6nm Ha filter. I imaged for 5.5h but could only use 4h due to light clouds at times.
Note:
I removed all the stars after the initial processing using StarNet++ and then added the Ha stars back in at the end.
NGC 7380 (Sh2-142) also commonly known as the “Wizard Nebula” is an open cluster with nebulosity. It’s a star forming region some 7,200 Light Years from earth and spans about 100 light years, it has an apparent magnitude of about 7.2.
EQUIPMENT:-
Telescope Meade 6000 115mm and AZ-EQ6 GT
ZWO ASI1600mm-Cool cmos camera
Orion Mini Auto Guide
Astronomik 6nm Ha Filter (New)
Astronomik 6nm Oiii Filter
Chip Temp Cooled to -20 degC
IMAGING DETAILS:-
NGC 7380 Wizard Nebula (Cepheus)
Gain 139 (Unit Gain)
Dithering
20 Ha subs@360 (2h)
20 Oiii subs@360sec (2h 00)
Total imaging Time 4h
20 Darks
25 Flats
PROCESSING/GUIDING SOFTWARE:-
APT "Astro Photograph Tools"
StarNet++
DSS
PS CS2
The platform enders havr their shots lined up as 37884 Cepheus storms along the fast at Water Orton heading 5Q23 taking 323201 to Doncaster for a C4 overhaul running as 5Q23 from Soho L.M.D.
DWB111 Propeller Nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The Propeller Nebula is actually part of a much larger nebular complex which are common in this area of the sky.
Imaging camera: Starlight Xpress SX-814 Trius
Imaging telescope: Vixen VSD @ F3
Chroma filters: Ha 3nm x10x1800 OIII 3nm x 10x1800. SII 10x1800
moonrocksastro.com/index.php/2016/06/30/dwb111-propeller-...
NGC 7380 is a young open cluster of stars located in the constellation of Cepheus. The surrounding emission nebulosity is known as the Wizard Nebula.
Processed in Hubble palette
EQ6-R-PRO
Esprit 150mm
QHY294M Gain 2900 -20C
Astronomik 6nm SHO narrowband filter set
40 x 900sec subs
Acquisition time 10hrs.
Processed using Pxinsight and Photoshop 6.
37884 heads for Holyhead with the 0B20. Route learner/Driver training approaching the arch supporting the town wall in Conwy.
1. Sella Turcica, 2. Daughter of Cepheus, 3. m45 The Pleidas The Seven Sisters, 4. Presenting NGC2024 The Horsehead and Flame Nebula, 5. Rosette Nebula NGC 2244, 6. M78 The Casper Nebula, 7. The Cone Nebula and Christmas Cluster - Hubble pallet, 8. IC433 The Jellyfish Nebula in HOO palette, 9. Seagull Nebula IC2177, 10. NGC 2359 Thor's Helmet 12K light years away, 11. Flaming Star Nebula NGC 1893, 12. The Heart Nebula IC 1805, 13. The California Nebula NGC 1499, 14. Messier 101 The Pinwheel Galaxy, 15. Messier 16 and 17 The Eagle and Omega Nebula, 16. The Veil Nebula NGC 6960
Created with fd's Flickr Toys
37884 Cepheus whisks 323201 to Doncaster for a C4 overhaul through Water Orton running as 5Q23 from Soho L.M.D.
CED 214 is an emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus. It is part of the surrounding bigger structure NGC 7822 which is not in this field of view, The brighter part of the nebula is also listed as Sh2-171. Last but not least there is an open star cluster Berkley 59 within the central part.
The image is an SHO-RGB rendition with SII showing in orange color, Ha in yellow and OIII represented by blue tones. The stars show in their real colors shot in RGB exposures.
ASI1600mmp and TS Photoline 130/910 with 0.79x reducer.
13 x 200s SII (8nm)
34 x 200s Ha (7.5 nm)
18 x 200 s OIII (3nm)
30 c 30 s R/G/B each
Sh 2-155 (also designated Caldwell 9, Sharpless 155 or S155, or LBN529) 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. Sh 2-155 is an ionized H II region with ongoing star formation activity, at an estimated distance of 725 parsecs (2400 light-years) from Earth.
Sh 2-155 was first noted as a galactic emission nebula in 1959 in the extended second edition of the Sharpless catalogue, being a part of the much larger Cep OB3 Association. Although Sh 2-155 is relatively faint for amateur observation, some of its structure may be seen visually through a moderately sized telescope under dark skies. (Wikipedia)
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Mount: SkyWatcher HEQ5 Pro
Guiding: ZWO ASI 120MM Mini USB 2.0 Mono Camera - Orion 50mm Guide Scope
Filter: Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C Clip-Filter
Camera: Canon EOS 70D (full spectrum modified)
Askar 80 PHQ F7.5 Quadruplet Astrograph Telescope
Focal length: 600mm
Astronomik CLS CCD Clip Filter
ISO 800 - f7.5
8 hours total Integration
Single frame: 180 sec
Darks: 20 frames
Flats: 20 frames
Bios: 20 frames
DarkFlats: 20 frames
Bortle 5/6
Lunar: 100% on 4 hours data
Apps: N.I.N.A. > PHD2 > ASCOM > EQMOD
PixInsight > Photoshop >
RC Astro: StarXTerminator > NoiseXTerminator > BlurXTerminator >
NGC 6946, commonly known as the Fireworks Galaxy, straddles the border between the constellations Cepheus and Cygnus. Because, as seen from Earth, it lies near the plane of our own Milky Way Galaxy, it appears nestled amidst a rich field of foreground stars.
Telescope: Celestron Edge HD 8 at f/7
Camera: QSI 683wsg
Mount: Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO
Integration: Approx 40 mins each of RGB (~8 x 5 minute subframes)
Processing Software: PixInsight v1.9, Adobe Photoshop
Captured under dark skies near Goldendale, WA.
LDN1235 nebula is a reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus. It is so thick with interstellar dust that it blocks most of the light from the stars behind it.
It is also known as the Shark Nebula, because of its resemblance to a shark, with a distinct nose, dorsal fin and tail fin.
... reprocess of an earlier file in an attempt to find the brown dust. The Iris Nebula is also known as Caldwell 4, the name used here is the middle name of Patrick Moore, the English astronomer, who compiled the list to be used alongside the Messier catalogue. The Iris Nebula is approximately 6 light years across and 1,300 light years away from Earth. It is a reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus. It contains dusty nebula material and it surrounds a massive, hot young star, whose name is V380 Cep
Constellations of Cepheus & Cassiopeia overhead.
Testing out the capabilities of a new Canon 24mm lens. Soft focus filter used to bring out the brighter stars and their colour. Result is from a single tracked exposure due to mist / dew issues.
Rail Operations Group (ROG) / Europhoenix 37884 'Cepheus' rumbles out of Ely with Ex Great Northern 365533 working the 5L53 0836 Ely Mlf Papworth Sidings to Hornsey E.M.U.D.
Rail Operations Group (ROG) 37884 'Cepheus' passes Chittering Fen hauling 9 Ex-LNER MK3s (42191, 42193, 42192, 42146, 42128, 42238, 42199, 42198, 42239) 5Q42 0950 from Ely Mlf Papworth Sidings to Newport Docks (Simsgroup) for scrap. Ex-Greater Anglia MK3s 12154 and 12125 where used again on this occasion as barrier vehicles.
Sh2-132 is a large emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus.
It is located on the southern edge of the constellation, a short distance from the border with the Lizard, along the plane of the Milky Way.
Sh2-132 is located at a distance of almost 10400 light years.
(Wikipedia)
Rail Operations Group (ROG) 37884 'Cepheus' works the 5Q24 1029 Ely Mlf Papworth Sidings to Doncaster Works Wabtec past March dragging Ex-Southeastern Class 465/9 465912.
NGC 6946 also known as the Fireworks Galaxy is a face-on intermediate spiral galaxy with a small bright nucleus and is located on the boundary between the constellations of Cepheus and Cygnus. It lies at a distance from about 25.2 million light-years. Imaged on the night of the 16th.October.2019.
EQ6-R-PRO
190mm MN DS-PRO
QHY183M Cooled CMOS camera Gain 11 Offset 76 -20C
Baader 2" LRGB filter set
Luminance 45 x 180sec subs
RGB 15 x 240sec subs
Darks and Flats
Total integration time 5hrs15mins.
Processed using Pixinsight and Photoshop.
Barnard 150 is a dark nebula located in the Cepheus constellation 1200 light years away from Earth. It is also known as the Seahorse Nebula or the Dark Seahorse Nebula due to its shape. The nebula is about 1° long and it is formed by three dense gas cores labeled L1082 A, B and C. These dense gas cores are star formation regions. Also featured to the left of the in this image, is a bright Ha region to belonging to the Flying Bat Nebula (Sh2-129). (C) Wikipedia
Captured over 12 nights in November 2024 at the Turismo Astronomico complex in Los Coloraos, Gorafe, Spain. I used the Esprit 100ED and ASI 2600MC camera. The dark nebula and stars were captured using a UV/IR cut filter and the red Ha region was enhanced using a 3nm dual narrowband filter by extracting just the red channel to add to the density of the Ha signal in the RGB image.
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