Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7538
NGC 7538 Emission nebula in Cassiopeia, 



    
        

            Gregg Ruppel
NGC 7538 Emission nebula in Cassiopeia
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NGC 7538 Emission nebula in Cassiopeia

NGC 7538 Emission nebula in Cassiopeia, 



    
        

            Gregg Ruppel
NGC 7538 Emission nebula in Cassiopeia
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NGC 7538 Emission nebula in Cassiopeia

Acquisition details

Dates:
Oct. 18, 2014
Frames:
61×679(11h 30′ 19″)
Integration:
11h 30′ 19″
Avg. Moon age:
24.55 days
Avg. Moon phase:
25.57%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 391807

RA center: 23h15m13s.9

DEC center: +61°2139

Pixel scale: 2.042 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 179.383 degrees

Field radius: 0.660 degrees

Resolution: 1950x1272

File size: 1.3 MB

Description

NGC 7385 (also Sh2-158) is a very bright emission nebula just west of the Bubble nebula. Sh2-159 is a fainter patch of emission just to its south.

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NGC 7538 Emission nebula in Cassiopeia, 



    
        

            Gregg Ruppel