CED 214 and NGC 7822
Characteristics:
Magnitude: ?
FOV: 2.6 x 3.9 degrees
Distance: 2,750 light years
RA: 00h 03m 23s
Dec: 67 degrees 34' 35"
Description:
Cederblad 214 (located on the left of
this field) is a large emission nebula in
the
constellation Cepheus. It is part of a
complex that also includes a fainter, arch-like nebulous expanse
known as NGC7822 (located on the right of this field). There is a
small, magnitude 18.3 planetary nebula (PLN 119+6.1) in the upper right
hand portion of this field, best seen on the larger views- can you find
it? More
information about this interesting region may be found on Rob Gendler's
webpage.
Please check out the larger images in the links above.
Photographic
Details:
Date posted: September 1, 2007.
Scope: Takahashi
FSQ106 at f5 on the Takahashi NJP
Mount.
Autoguider: SBIG ST-402 with
e-finder.
Camera: STL11K -20C.
Filter: Baader 7nm
Ha filter.
Exposures: 9 x 20'. Total
exposure 3 hours.
Conditions: Temperature 65 degrees F average, good
transparency, average seeing.
Post-processing:
Calibrated, aligned, and Sigma Clip combined
in Maxim, followed
by DDP
in ImagesPlus (IP). Further processing in Photoshop CS (16
bit format).
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