Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  VdB142
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vdB142; Cepheus, Thomas V. Davis
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vdB142; Cepheus

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vdB142; Cepheus

Astro Systeme Austria N12 f/3.5 astrograph

STL-11000M; SBIG STL

HaRGB 240:60:60:60 minutes

May 2007; Inkom, ID

Comments: vdB142 is a small nebula near the much larger emission nebula IC1396. This image is cropped from my larger IC1396 image so you can see the small, wispy vdB142 better.

vdB142 : Size (arcmin): 1.2

Type: illuminating star inside nebula

Surface brightness: moderate

Color: blue

Absorption: very strong

Illuminating star ID1: BD+56 2604

Illuminating star ID2: HD239710

Mag. of illuminating star: 9.48

Spectral type of star: B3V

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vdB142; Cepheus, Thomas V. Davis