Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7509  ·  PGC 1453460  ·  PGC 1453551  ·  PGC 1454791  ·  PGC 1455366  ·  PGC 1456935  ·  PGC 1457864  ·  PGC 1457895  ·  PGC 1458471  ·  PGC 1458685  ·  PGC 1459584  ·  PGC 1459715  ·  PGC 1459945  ·  PGC 1460933  ·  PGC 1461398  ·  PGC 1462022  ·  PGC 1462172  ·  PGC 1462260  ·  PGC 1463626  ·  PGC 1468497  ·  PGC 1468849  ·  PGC 1469153  ·  PGC 1471014  ·  PGC 1472711  ·  PGC 1473093  ·  PGC 1474634  ·  PGC 1474668  ·  PGC 1475167  ·  PGC 1475257  ·  PGC 1475745  ·  And 26 more.
Sh2-122, Gary Imm
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Sh2-122

Sh2-122, Gary Imm
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Sh2-122

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This object is a faint molecular cloud located in the constellation of Pegasus at a declination of +15 degrees.

My friend Kurt imaged this object, or at least attempted to, a few weeks ago. The result indicated that this obscure, rarely imaged object is very faint and probably not a good imaging target. So I thought, this is right up my alley, let’s give it a shot!

Obviously I should have used more than my usual 5 hours of integration for this dim object. The results are, as Sigga would say, “not great”, but it was fun to try to see what was there. As Ron says, sometimes it is chickens, sometimes feathers!

The highlight of this image for me is all of the tiny galaxies in the background, as indicated in the Astrobin mouseover. The best ones for me are the two spiral galaxies at upper right, PGC 70516 and PGC 70477. I also like the bright double star at the bottom.

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