Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)
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C9 - Cave Nebula, seigell
C9 - Cave Nebula
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C9 - Cave Nebula

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The Cave Nebula is a relatively dim cloud of thick Intersetllar Dust with a small cluster of Stars lighting one side. This is one of the few Caldwell catalog entries not picked from the NGC or IC catalogs - instead it is culled from Sharpless II.

Shot just before Thanksgiving from our SE AZ Dark Site (TAAA CAC).

Scope: Orion 8in Astrograph

Mount: CGEM

Guide: MMAG

Exposure: 12x300s

Camera: Canon 550D Modded

Capture: BackyardEOS v3.1.0

Process: DSS, ACDSeePro8

C9 8Astro 550D 12x300s 800ISO MaFlats 26xDarks MaBias DSS 1e_nr

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C9 - Cave Nebula, seigell