Cederblad 214
Characteristics:
Magnitude: ?
Size: about 60' for this field; 1.7 degrees for the entire extent of
this region.
Distance: ?
RA: 00h 02m 00s
Dec: 67 degrees 12' 00"
Description:
Cederblad 214 is a large emission nebula in
the
constellation Cepheus. It is part of a
complex that also includes a fainter, elongated nebulous expanse
known as NGC7822 (outside of the FOV of this photograph). More
information about Ced 214 may be found on Rob Gendler's webpage.
Photographic Details:
Date: August 16, 2006
Scope: Takahashi
FS102 at f6, on the G11 Losmandy
Mount.
Autoguider: SBIG STV with
e-finder.
Camera: Maxcam CM10.
Filter: Astronomik
Ha filter (6 nm bandpass).
Exposures: 25 x 10' each.
Total exposure: 4.2 hours.
Conditions: Temperature 70 degrees F throughout the
night; above average
transparency; average seeing; calm;
humid. The CM10 held a CCD temperature of between -19.7 to -20
degrees throughout.
Post-processing:
Debloomed with Ron Wodaski's
Debloomer software, followed by calibration and alignment in Maxim (my
dark frame master is over 1 year old and still works great!).
Sigma combined using RC Sigma Reject
MaximDL, followed by DDP
in ImagesPlus (IP). Further processing in Photoshop CS (16
bit format).
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