Ced214 / NGC 7822 Widefield
Characteristics:
Position Angle: 180 degrees
RA: 00h 03m 08s (J2000)
Dec: +66degrees 51' 26" (J2000)
Description:
Cederblad
214 (Ced214, SH2-171) is a large
emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus. Within
Ced214 there are many
regions of "elephant trunk" structures created as a result of gas being
blown away by UV radiation from one of the brightest UV sources in the
nebula, the star BD+66 1673 (RA 00 01 47; Dec +67 30 25, J2000).
This star is contained
within a
cluster of about 40 hot, short-lived OB stars known
as the Berkeley 59 complex (Be59, labeled in the rollover), located slightly
above center in this field. As
can be appreciated by the "donut hole" in the central part
of this complex, gas in this star-forming region is being cleared out
by
the young, newly formed stars of the Berkeley 59 complex, which emit
strong UV radiation, reminiscent of
similar nebulae such as IC1396 and
the Rosette.
A more detailed view of this region is shown in my
prior images taken through SII, Ha, and OIII filters. More
information about this interesting region may be found on Rob
Gendler's webpage,
and on the APOD
website.
Photographic
Details:
Scope/Camera: The widefield "palette" for this image was
obtained on September 2, 2022, using the a self IR-modified Canon T7i
in conjunction with the Samyang/Rokinon
135mm lens/Canon T71 (5.8"/pixel) on a Star Adventurer mount (9 degree x 6 degree FOV). Additional
Ha and RGB data of this
region were also obtained on September 1 and 2, 2022, using my FSQ106/U16M (3.5"/pixel).
The cumulative imaging time to produce the above image was
approximately 10 hours.
Additional Information:
Scope:
Takahashi
FSQ106 at f5 on the Takahashi NJP
Mount.
Autoguider: SBIG ST-402
with
60mm guidescope, focal length 227mm.
Camera:
Apogee U16M at -20C, with
7 position 50mm square filter wheel (Apogee FW50-7S).
Filters: Baader
Ha, Baader RGB filters.
Post-processing:
Canon Raw files pre-processed in PixInsight. U16M subs were calibrated,
aligned and
stacked in Maxim, followed
by DDP
in ImagesPlus (IP). Further
processing in Photoshop CS (16
bit format).
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