Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7497  ·  The star Markab (αPeg)
In the corner of the Great Square, John Gleason
In the corner of the Great Square
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In the corner of the Great Square

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
In the corner of the Great Square, John Gleason
In the corner of the Great Square
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In the corner of the Great Square

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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Alpha Pegasus is the

mag 2.5 bright star in the southwest corner of the great square of the constellation Pegasus.

Visually, this is a rather blank area of sky. Long exposure images however, now show this area to be rich in galactic cirrus. These faint clouds of interstellar dust ride above the galactic plane and dimly reflect the Milky Way's combined starlight. They are associated with molecular clouds. The diffuse clouds are calculated to be less than a thousand light-years distant and fill this vista.

- source APOD

2 segment mosaic

77 sub exposures per segment

180s exposures

16803 proline

L channel

FSQ f/5.

From the remote observatory in the southern hemisphere!

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In the corner of the Great Square, John Gleason