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ROG 37884 passes Frinkley Lane towing Class 321 units No.321409/321423 forming 5Q16 Clacton CS to Worksop Up Reception Storage stock move 31st March 2022.
Looking north, Polaris is the star at the center of this image. The meteor appeared to the left of it.
I'm still in shock from being able to see northern lights at latitude 35°N.
julia_franklin was running this camera at the time. I did the setup, but she actually captured the meteor -- and a bunch of satellites above the northern horizon.
SH2-129 and OU-4 are better known as the Flying Bat and Giant Squid Nebula, and are located in the constellation Cepheus near the famous and more frequently imaged Elephant Trunk Nebula. SH2-129 is an an ionized hydrogen gas emission nebula glowing red, while OU4 is a doubly ionized oxygen emission nebula glowing cyan. OU4 was only recently discovered in 2011 due to it being extremely faint. In fact, to get this nebula to show up, I have 28 hours of total integration time for the OIII filter alone which picks up OU4 primarily. An additional 10 hours of integration time using the Ha filter which primarily picks up the red SH2-129. Also I have 1 hour each of red, green and blue filters to bring out the star color. This nebula is 2300 light years away and 50 light years across, and covers a relatively large area of sky roughly 6-7 times the diameter of the full moon, yet remaining invisible to the naked eye.
Rail Operations Group Class 37 37884 ''Cepheus" tows Class 321 emu 321420 on 5q08 0200 Wembley Yard - Kilmarnock ,passes Brock on 11/07/2018
The Lion Nebula is a faint emission nebula in Cepheus.
ASI1600mmp and TS 130/910 mm triplet apo.
42 x 200s Ha (Baader 7nm)
37 x 300s OIII (Chroma 3nm)
A magic nebula
Nascosta nella costellazione di Cefeo, a oltre 7.000 anni luce, la Nebulosa del Mago si apre come un sipario di gas e polveri.
Il suo nome nasce dalla forma che ricorda un mago col cappello a punta, scolpito dalla luce e dai venti stellari.
Le giovani stelle massicce fanno risplendere di colore rosso le nuvole di gas l’idrogeno circostante, creando pennellate di magia
Dati di ripresa:
SkyWatcher Newton 200/1000 • Camera asi 533 mc e filtro sv220 • Integrazione totale: 2 ore • Ripresa da cielo urbano.
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Passing Coton Lane, 37884 Cepheus drags 319373 for an exam with 5Q91 Crewe South Yard to Northampton EMD.
37884"Cepheus" passes Uffington on 18/Feb/25 working a 5Q76 11.05 DB Cargo Sidings to Newport Docks,with 321313+321315 in tow, destined for the cutters torch.
The Dusty Iris reflection Nebula NGC7023 in Cepheus, Esprit150 for 15hr lum, Esprit100 for 6hr per channel RGB
37608 "Andromeda" wearing the new Rail Operations Group Green livery catches the sun whilst making its booked stop on the DRL at the rear of 5W78 12.17 Gresty Green Through Sidings - Landore T.M.D., conveying former Transport for Wales 2car Coradia units 175006 & 175007 inbetween barrier vehicles 6344 & 6330, with 37884 "Cepheus" on the sharp end.
Spent 2 nights under Bortle 2 skies to capture the Iris Nebula. My main goal during processing wasn't to focus too much on the Iris itself but rather to bring out as much faint dust as possible. I might try to process it again in the near future because I'm not a fan of the orange colors but that's the main attempt so far!
Full blog post with info: www.galactic-hunter.com/post/ngc-7023-the-iris-nebula
NGC 7822 is a young star forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus. The complex encompasses the emission region designated Sharpless 171, and the young cluster of stars named Berkeley 59. The complex is believed to be some 2900 light years distant. Imaged over 2 nights 28th October and 8th November 2019. H-alpha data taken on the 28th was used to process a luminance image. The subs captured on the 8th were processed with H-alpha as the red channel and SII as both green and blue channels.
NEQ6 PRO
QHY163M Gain 200 and Offset 70 -20c
Baader 2" 7nm Ha and 8nm SII narrowband filters
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop.
better resolution: nicolasillustrations.com/project/ldn-1235
LDN 1235 (or Lynds Catalog of Dark Nebulae n° 1235) is a dark/absorption nebula in the constellation Cepheus. It is composed by interstellar dust that is so dense that it obscures the visible wavelengths of light from objects behind it, such as the Horse Head Nebula or the Cone Nebula. It also blocks light from background stars.
Lynds Catalog of Dark Nebula is an updated version of the original version of the Lynds’ Catalog of Dark Nebulae that was published in 1962.
The data was acquired by my friend Démoniak's Alexkid using his ASKAR 400 in August 2021 from Ardèche in France (bortle 4). Two CMOS were used to capture this faint object:
ASI 2600MM with Luminance filter
ASI 2600MC for RGB data
RA: 21h 58m 36.2s
DEC: +72° 47' 23.5"
Size: 3.97 x 2.75 deg
Orientation: Up is 356 degrees E of N
Location: Cepheus
Distance : 650 ly
Acquisition 2021-08
Total acquisition time of 15 hours.
Technical Details
Data acquisition: Démoniak's Alexkid
Processing: Nicolas ROLLAND
Location: Ardèche, France
L: 10 hours
RGB: 5 hours
Optics: ASKAR 400 @F/5.6
Mount: iOptron CEM70
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MM & ASI 2600MC
Pre Processing: CCDstack, Pixinsight & Excalibrator
Post Processing: Photoshop CC
Another clear out of Greater Anglia class 321 units on 30/04/21 sees 37884 'Cepheus' passing Hullavington working Rail Operations Group 5Q76 09.15 Clacton C.S.D.-Newport Docks taking 321361 + 321362 to Simms Group for scrapping.
Rail Operations Group 37884 Cepheus+Govia Thameslink Networker Express 365.514+365.534 passing Frinkley Lane Marston, with 5Q23 12.50 Letchworth CSC to Doncaster Belmont Down Yard, 15.07.2021
(Taken Using Pole)
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NGC 7129 and NGC 7142 are two objects in the constellation Cepheus. NGC 7142 is an open star cluster that shares its place with a sickle-shaped hydrogen alpha emission zone. NGC 7129 is a reflection nebula that also shows a substancial amount of hydrogen alpha signal around the more reflective center.
Image acquisition with an ASI1600mmp and a TS Photoline 130/910 mm refractor.
94 x 60s luminance
98 x 30s red
88 x 30s green
98 x 30 s blue
134 x 200s Ha
The Iris Nebula (NGC 7023) and the Ghost Nebula (SH2-136) in the constellation Cepheus are reflection nebulae shrouded in dark, molecular dust.
Capture details and info on Astrobin: astrob.in/xfcobc/0/
Object: SH2-157 “The Lobster Claw” in HST Palette
This is an emission complex on the border of Cepheus and Cassiopeia that resembles a New England rock lobster claw. The small start cluster NGC7510 is visible lower right beneath the claw.
This image was done using the HST or Hubble Space Telescope Palette which is accomplished by combining sub frames using three narrowband filters that capture light produced by glowing hydrogen (Ha), oxygen (OIII) and sulfur (SII) present in the nebula. Green is assigned to hydrogen, blue to oxygen and red to the sulfur.
-Acquisition Date: Started on 10/20/2017 – Finished 10/27/2017
-Location: Western Massachusetts
-Camera: SBIG STF8300M @ -15°C
-Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106EDX-III
-Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100
-Guide scope: Off Axis Guiding
-Guide Camera: Starlight Express Lodestar 2
Filters:
-Astrodon 3 nm Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 15 x 30min. (450min) bin 1x1
-Astrodon 3nm Oxygen III (OIII):14 x 30min. (420 min) bin 1x1
-Astrodon 5nm Sulfur II (SII):14 x 30min. (420 min) bin 1x1
Total Exposure:1290min. (21.5hr)
Limiting Magnitude: 5.1
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SH2-132 The Lion
near the constellations of Cepheus and Lacerta
aproximatly 10000 light years from earth
44x900 each SHO channel
15x300 RGB
Stellarvue SVX 130t Raptor
Paramount MYT
Mallincam Ds26m TEK
SG-Pro
PixInsight
SH2-155, the Cave Nebula processed in natural color using both broadband and narrowband filters. SH2-155 lies about 2400 light years away in the constellation Cepheus
Now there are some free time and I decided reprocessed my astronomical photographs that I photographed last year.
In this troubled time, I would like to add a bright spring colors in the pictures of the cosmos harsh.
Description: Sh2-155 (popularly known as the Cave Nebula) is a bright rim/HII cloud and star forming region which arose from the large molecular cloud known as Cepheus B. The stars of this region are members of the very young Cepheus OB3 association, one of the nearest OB associations to our solar system. The stars of Cepheus OB3 are very young, mostly less than 100,000 years old. Low mass star formation is occurring at a high rate within Cepheus B and is particularly evident within the dust clouds of Sh2-155. In the image a small pocket of pre-main sequence stars glows from within a dusty cavern of Sh2-155. The two bright stars HD 217061 (west) and HD 217086 (north) (B1 and 07-types respectively) illuminate the bright ridges of Sh2-155. (text: www.robgendlerastropics.com/Cavetext.html)
This picture was photographed on september 9-11, 2013 in the Crimea. (height of 600 m. above sea level)
Equipment: home assembled reflector 10" f/3.8, mount WhiteSwan-180, camera QSI-583wsg, Tevevue Paracorr-2. Off-axis guidecamera QHY5L-II.
LRGB filter set Baader Planetarium.
L: 22x600 sec., bin.1, RGB: 20*450-600 sec. each filter, bin.2.
9,5 hours total.
FWHM 2.03"-2.33" , sum in L channel - 2.23"
Processed Pixinsight 1.8, Fitstacker and Photoshop CS6.
Historic working narrowboat Cepheus...originally built for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Co. by Harland and Wolff in 1935, and looking superb in her refurbishment, is, at 72ft long, the maximum length of boat allowed into the lock system on the Chester canal.
She only just fitted into the Northgate staircase locks...and was expertly handled in this instance...with no problems.She was soon on her way up to Ellesmere Port.
The Ghost Nebula or Sh2-136 and VdB 141 is a reflection nebula located in the constellation Cepheus. This globule (CB230) is over 2 light-years across. The nebula's brownish color originates from the emissions of embedded stars.
Color image taken at the remote observatory from the E-Eye site in Spain. The image is composed of 25 hours of exposure time with the ZWO ASI-2600MC color camera using a Takahashi CCA250 f5 astrograph, riding a unguided 10Micron GM2000.
APOD: 2021 October 29, Haunting the Cepheus Flare
Imaged by me at Negev Desert during two nights this summer.
These cosmic clouds in Cepheus have blossomed 1,300 light-years away. Located near center of this field, the Iris Nebula, NGC 7023 is not the only nebula to evoke the imagery of flowers, though. Within the Iris itself, dusty nebular material surrounds a hot, young star. The dominant color of the brighter reflection nebula is blue, characteristic of dust grains reflecting starlight. Central filaments of the reflection nebula glow with a faint reddish photo luminescence as some dust grains effectively convert the star's invisible ultraviolet radiation to visible red light. Infrared observations indicate that this nebula contains complex carbon molecules known as PAHs. The pretty blue petals of the Iris Nebula span about six light-years.
The dusty ghosts in the right side of this field are close to the edge of the Cepheus Flare molecular cloud complex. Over two light-years across and brighter than the other spooky chimeras, VdB 141 or Sh2-136 is also known as the Ghost Nebula, seen at toward the bottom of the featured image. Within the reflection nebula are the telltale signs of dense cores collapsing in the early stages of star formation. A protostar can be seen forming at the lower right end of the nebula. The V-shaped projection is one side of the bipolar outflow induced by the protostar's rotating accretion disk. Light from the protostar itself can be seen feebly glowing at the vertex of the V. The opposite bipolar outflow exiting the opposite side of the nebula can just be glimpsed to the left of the bright yellow star above the nebula.
Integration: 207x180s (10h20m)
QHY367c/FSQ130-ED/Mach1 CP4
Processing in software: PixInsight, Photoshop CC
Text sources:
APOD, cs.astronomy.com
I've imaged this Northern Milky Way region a lot recently, but I'm planning some more Southerly subjects shortly.
15 x 2-minute exposures at f/4.5 and ISO 3200. Astro-modified Canon 600D and Sigma 35mm f/1.4 lens, piggybacked on a Celestron C8 telescope for tracking.
Frames stacked in Deep Sky Stacker software. Result post-processed to increase contrast, reduce noise, reduce colour gradients (caused by light pollution) and adjust overall colour balance. I also used Noel Carboni's astronomy tools in Photoshop Elements to reduce the prominence of the stars (which otherwise dominate after stretching the contrast).
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With Derby County's Pride Park in the background, ROG Class 37 No.37800 ‘Cassiopeia’ is hauling London Overground Class 710 No.710120 with 37884 ‘Cepheus’ on the rear pass Raynesway, Derby with 5Q58 11:43 Derby Litchurch Lane - Old Dalby. 20-09-2019.
Cepheus Pilars (NGC7822) in Hα-SII/OIII/OIII+rgb.
It's a mosaic of 2x1 panels providing a original drizzle resolution of 12K and reduced to 3k for showing purposes.
Was challenging acquire and process all that amount of data, more than 160 hours of integration time in two panels of 80 hours each one.
It was captured in 18 sessions, between September 10th and October 15th with my dual setup.
NGC 7822 is a young star forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus.
The complex encompasses the emission region designated Sharpless 171, and the young cluster of stars named Berkeley 59.
The complex is believed to be some 800-1000 pc distant (3,000 light years), with the younger components aged no more than a few million years.
(credits Wikipedia)
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses: Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo · Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI183MM-Cool · ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts: Skywatcher EQ6R Pro · Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Celestron OAG Deluxe · Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI290 Mini · ZWO ASI174 Mini
Focal reducers: Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x · Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Seqence Generator Pro
Filters: Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessory: Astrolink 4.0 mini · Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox v2 · Pegasus Astro Falcon Rotator · ZWO EFW · MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 · TALON6 R.O.R · MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:Sept. 11, 2020 , Sept. 14, 2020 , Oct. 11, 2020 , Oct. 12, 2020 , Oct. 14, 2020 , Oct. 15, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 200x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 200x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 460x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 260x600" (gain: 178.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 260x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 200x30" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 168.3 hours
Avg. Moon age: 25.42 days
Avg. Moon phase: 20.12%
Astrometry.net job: 3961397
RA center: 0h 3' 14"
DEC center: +67° 16' 4"
Pixel scale: 0.579 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 0.709 degrees
Field radius: 0.546 degrees
Resolution: 3171x2274
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
LBN 468 is a large faint nebula in the constellation Cepheus. Within LBN 468, Beverly Lynds cataloged several dark nebulae. 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
Camera: Moravian G2 8300
Filters: 31mm unmounted Optolong
Optic: Triplet Apo Tecnosky 80mm f/4.8
Mount: Ioptron CEM60 HP
Autoguider: camera Magzero 5m, SW 70/500, Phd guiding
Frames: L: 24X420sec - R: 3X600+5X420sec - G: 2X600+6X420sec - B: 9X420sec bin1
Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop
The Lion Nebula (Sh2-132) is an extensive emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus. It is located at a distance of approximately 10,400 light years from us within the Perseus arm of our Milky Way. The stars responsible for the ionization of its gases are very hot and massive, in particular two Wolf-Rayet stars (very hot, bright and often eruptive stars) known by the acronyms HD 211564 and HD 211853 have been identified. The most suitable period to photograph it is between July and December.
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La nebulosa del Leone (Sh2-132) è un estesa nebulosa ad emissione localizzata della costellazione del Cefeo. Si trova ad una distanza di circa 10400 anni luce da noi all'interno del braccio del Perseo della nostra Via Lattea. Le stelle responsabili della ionizzazione dei suoi gas sono molto calde e massicce, in particolare sono state individuate due stelle di Wolf-Rayet (stelle molto calde, luminose e spesso eruttive) note con le sigle HD 211564 e HD 211853. Il periodo più indiacato per essere fotografata è tra i mesi di luglio e dicembre.
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Equipment and data
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Light: 48x300" (4h)
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ85EDX
Camera: Qhy268c
Filters: Optlong L-enhance
Mount: Ioptron ieq45-pro
Software: N.I.N.A., PixInsight, Photoshop
Sky: bortle 5
Location: Serrano (Italy)
This is my first complete image with my new Celestron 9 1/4 Edge HD, What a massive beast this scope is. This is NGC7023 the Iris Nebula, it is a bright reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus. This beautiful reflection nebula is about 1300 light-years away and is 6 light-years across. Hope you all enjoy and thanks for any constructive comments.
Equipment:
Telescope - Celestron 9 1/4 Edge HD
Imaging Camera- Qhy268m
Mount - Sky-watcher EQ6-R Pro
Software:
Sequence Generator Pro
Pixinsight
Lightroom
Photoshop
Lights:
L-20x180sec
R-20x180sec
G 20x180sec
B 20x180sec
35 Darks
100 Bias
Total integration 4 hours
LBN522-LDN1228, molecular cloud in Cepheus, taken with my friend Carlo Sarzi, ASKAR 600 & TS100Q, ASI 2600mc, 180x300",from Aosta Valley.
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionised gas region IC 1396. It is located in the constellation of Cepheus and lies about 2,400 light years distant.The piece of the nebula shown here is the dark, dense globule IC 1396A, it is 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 ionised by a very bright, massive star that is just to the east of IC 1396A.
Wouldn't usually image so close to the summer solstice as the skies don't really darken enough at 56 degrees north at this time of year but wanted to see how a set of 4nm Antlia narrowband filters would work under these conditions.
NEQ6 PRO
Vixen R200SS with x0.95 reducer/corrector f/3.8
QHY294PROM Gain 2900 -20C
Antlia 4nm narrowband filter set
10 x 300sec Ha
12 x 300sec OIII
12 X 300sec SII
Total acquisition time 150mins.
Processed using Straton star removal, Pixinsight and Photoshop.
The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula is a dense region of dust and gas found within the considerably larger star forming region IC 1396 in the constellation Cepheus. Designated IC 1396A, the elongated globule of dust and gas was named the Elephant’s Trunk because it resembles an elephant’s head and trunk at visible wavelengths, appearing as a dark patch with a bright winding rim. It is located at a distance of 2,400 light years from Earth.
The large and relatively faint emission nebula IC 1396 is more than 100 light years across. The star responsible for its glow is the blue multiple star system HD 206267. The Elephant’s Trunk itself stretches over a region of 20 light years. The dark globule is eroded by the radiation pressure from the central star that illuminates the nebula.
The specs:
147 X 5 minute subs for a total exposure of 12hrs 15 min
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro, 100 gain, cooled to -10C
Scope: William Optics Redcat 71 f4.9
Filter: Antlia 5nm dual band Golden
Guiding: William Optics 50mm scope with ZWO 120mm mini camera
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ 6 R Pro
Control: ZWO ASIair pro
Shot from a Bortle 2 location in Ontario, Canada
Processed using DSS and Photoshop
www.starkeeper.it/CepheusView.htm
Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106EDXIII F/3.6 383mm. - APO Refractor
Mount: AP Mach1 GTO
Camera: Moravian G3-16200
Filters: Astrodon E Series Gen II LRGB 50mm
Guiding Systems: SX Lodestar
Dates/Times: Aug / Sep 2018
Location: Pragelato - Turin / Col Basset -Sestriere - Italy
Exposure Details: L:R:G:B => 645:125:85:120 = > (129x5):(25x5):(17x5):(24x5) All Bin1 [num x minutes]
Cooling Details: -25 °C
Acquisition: Voyager
Processing: CCDStack2+, PS CS5
Mean FWHM: 1.23 / 2.04
SQM-L: 20.17 / 21.59
Located on the borders of Cepheus and Cygnus, NGC 6946 is often overlooked due to Andromeda appearing in the sky at the same sort of time of year.
The focal length and overall faintness of this galaxy means it’s often overlooked by people too and go for M33 instead.
I really like this target as it offers a great side on view of a spiralling galaxy, but also has strong details that can be resolved even with a modest setup.
⏱ 50 x 300s
📷 ZWO 533
🔭 8” Newtonian
⚙️ EQ6R Pro
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Thank you for looking at the strange and amazing textures of the Fox Fur Nebula. It is located in Monoceros and included in the Christmas Tree cluster. The brownish red colour is caused by emission from ionized hydrogen gas. This image is the result of a rework of narrowband data from my AG14 Newtonian telescope, photographed earlier this year.. Hope you enjoy it.
Imaging telescope: AG14 astrograph
Imaging camera: SX 9.2mp Sony SX814
Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX
Filters: Chroma narrow-band filters
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This data was a nightmare to work with due to the skies not being that good when I image the Wizard. Noise was very quick to appear when I started working with the data and a lot of artefacts needed fixing after I remove the stars from the Ha and Oiii images. There was extensive use of masking to get this image to this point.
Note:
I add the Ha stars back in near the end of the process, given me smaller stars and no colour Halo's....
Information:
Located 7200 ly away, the wizard nebula surrounds the developing open cluster NGC 7380.
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EQUIPMENT:-
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Telescope Meade 6000 115mm and AZ-EQ6 GT
ZWO ASI1600mm-Cool cmos camera
Orion Mini Auto Guide
Astronomik 12nm Ha Filter
Astronomik Oiii Filter
Chip Temp Cooled to -20 degC
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IMAGING DETAILS:-
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NGC 7380 Wizaed Nebula (Cepheus)
Gain 139 Ha (Unit Gain)
Gain 200 Oiii
24 Ha subs@300sec (2h)
20 Oiii subs@180sec (1h 3min)
Total imaging Time 3h 3min
Dithering
20 Darks
12 Flats
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PROCESSING/GUIDING SOFTWARE:-
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APT "Astro Photograph Tools"
DSS
PS CS2
I have been working on three new imaging projects in September and the collection phase of those has ended due to weather and the coming full moon.
I have completed processing on the first image - a widefield shot of SH2-132 - The Lion Nebula.
This is a very large and very faint emission nebula in Cepheus. This is from an 8.33-hour exposure. The image, its story, and details of the image processing can be seen on a new post on Cosgrove's Cosmos website. Enjoy!
This is a panorama along about 60° of the northern summer Milky Way from Cepheus at left, to Cygnus at centre and at right. It frames the great variety of bright and dark nebulas in this region of the sky, notably:
- the circular IC 1396 nebula at left in Cepheus with the orange Garnet Star,
- the North America Nebula (NGC 7000) just left of centre,
- and the IC 1318 complex around Gamma Cygni just right of centre.
The dark Funnel Cloud Nebula, aka Le Gentil 3, is at left between IC 1396 and NGC 7000, while the dark region to the right (south) of NGC 7000 is the Northern Coal Sack, though to the eye, as here, that area does not appear as dark as the Funnel Cloud area.
The bright Cygnus Starcloud is right of centre, where we are looking down the Milky Way's spiral arm we live in. It is bordered below by the Cygnus Rift of dark lanes in the Milky Way which continue south into Aquila.
The small (on this scale) Wizard Nebula (NGC 7380) and Lion Nebula (Sh2-132) are at far left in Cepheus.
The small round red Cocoon Nebula, IC 5146, is at the end of a thin lane of dark dust, B168, or the Dark Cigar, at bottom left, while the tiny green Dumbbell Nebula, M27 in Vulpecula, is just visible at bottom right.
This is a stitch using Photoshop's Photomerge function of 10 segments, each segment a stack of 8 to 10 exposures of 1-minute each with the Canon RF135mm lens at f/2 on the red-sensitive Canon Ra camera at ISO 800. All on the Star Adventurer tracker.
The camera was turned to portrait orientation to align the long dimension of the frame across the width of the Milky Way for greater east-west coverage. This required moving the camera by only 5° from segment to segment to ensure enough overlap. I used a ball head with an additional panorama azimuth motion with degree gradations on it to faciliate panning along the Milky Way following the galactic equator using just one simple motion.
The lens had an 82mm URTH Night broadband light pollution reduction filter on it to help increase contrast and bring out the nebulas. No narrowband filters were used here. Even so, most of the contrast enhancement was in processing with the application of a Nik Collection 6 Pro Contrast filter, plus curves with luminosity masks, and a Nebula Filter action in PhotoKemi Startools actions.
Taken from home on a fine though not fully transparent night on May 14/15, 2023 when the time for shooting this area was limited due to the short spring night. Two more segments shot to the right farther down the Milky Way were too blue and struck by dawn twilight to be usable.
LDN 1082 is a dark nebula in the constellation of Cepheus. It lies some @ 1200 light years away. The dust is illuminated by the stars behind it. For example the bright orange star in the upper right (with the boring name of Tycho 4247-995-1), is @ 1570 light years away.
I started to image this one month ago and finally had a clear night to finish up. Wish I could've collected more data, but it's never clear anymore :(
Q163 11" Celestron Edge HD w/Hyperstar
L_95x30 sec
R_37x30 sec
G 47x30 sec
B 42x30 sec
Q128 Astrotech AT65EDQ
6x600sec
Resolution ............... 1.445 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. 171.008 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2020-08-05 12:00:00 UTC
Focal distance ........... 535.14 mm
Pixel size ............... 3.75 um
Field of view ............ 1d 48' 41.7" x 1d 17' 35.7"
Image center ............. RA: 20 51 06.459 Dec: +60 15 17.18
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 20 44 51.612 Dec: +59 27 55.05
top-right ............. RA: 20 59 00.643 Dec: +59 44 33.48
bottom-left ........... RA: 20 42 57.660 Dec: +60 44 11.93
bottom-right .......... RA: 20 57 39.598 Dec: +61 01 30.05
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 Lion Nebula or Sharpless 132, is an emission nebula located in the constellation of Cepheus. It is region of active star formation and the nebula is powered by two massive stars each more the 20 solar masses. The nebula lies at a distance of around 10,000 light years.
Imaged over 4 nights in May 2025, the 5th, 9th, 14th and 15th.
HEQ5 PRO
RedCat51 WIFD
QHY183M Gain 21 -20C
Astronomik 6nm SHO filter set
12 x 900sec Ha
18 x 900sec OIII
20 x 900sec SII subs
Acquisition time 12hrs30mis
Processed using Pixinsight and Photoshop 6
NGC 7822 is a young star-forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus. The complex is believed to be some 3000 light-years distant, with the younger components aged no more than a few million years. Technical Info:
78 x 300 sec. Astronomik Ha 12 nm filter
80 x 300 sec. Astronomik OIII 12 nm filter
73 x 300 sec Astronomik SII 12 nm filter
68 x 180 sec. OPTOLONG L-eNhance filter
Gain 200, Offset 50, Binning 1x1
Total Integration 25 hours
Explore Scientific 102mm f/7 APO Refractor
Sensor cooled to -15°C on ZWO ASI1600MM Pro (mono)
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks, and Flats.
Plate Solve-PlateSolver 2 via N.I.N.A. 1.11
Image processing Deep Sky Stacker 4.2.6, Pixinsight 1.8.8, and Photoshop CC 2021