Dark and emission nebulae on the border of Camelopardalis and Perseus (Robin Livermore)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam) · Contains: 1 Cam · B11 · B12 · B13 · B20 · B21 · B8 · B9 · HD232939 · HD232947 · HD232970 · HD232979 · HD237273 · HD237287 · HD26512 · HD26513 · HD26596 · HD26764 · HD26857 · HD27291 · HD27322 · HD27447 · HD27456 · HD27636 · HD27856 · HD27857 · HD28097 · HD28579 · HD28604 · HD28771 · And 39 more.

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Dark and emission nebulae on the border of Camelopardalis and Perseus

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Dark and emission nebulae on the border of Camelopardalis and Perseus

This is a busy area on the border of Camelopardalis and Perseus, and includes: various dark nebulae - quite a number in the Barnard and LDN catalog; some emission nebulae - in particular Sharpless 2-207, 208 and 210 (208 is tiny, and requires some major zooming in, and I just missed 209!); and, open cluster NGC 1528. I guess nothing stands right out, but I like the way the 5 bright blue / white stars sort of frame the scene.

I started off looking at imaging the area around Barnard 8 and 9, and soon extended the target across 2 panels to get the full breadth of the dark nebulae in the area. However, I then spotted the Sharpless objects just off the frame, and ended up going for a 4 panel mosaic. I've only done 2 panels before, so in the end this is my longest integration to date. Still only just under 9 hours, so short for some, I'm sure! Broadband OSC enhanced with Ha (from dual narrowband filter).

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Description: slight push to brightness and contrast. Finding it tricky to get the contrast where I like it.

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RA (center)	04h26m01s.34
RA (top/left)	04h13m01s.12
RA (top/right)	04h13m30s.13
RA (bottom/right)	04h37m17s.88
RA (bottom/left)	04h40m23s.28

Dec (center)	+53°38′46″.9
Dec (top/left)	+56°35′18″.2
Dec (top/right)	+50°44′30″.4
Dec (bottom/right)	+50°37′06″.7
Dec (bottom/left)	+56°27′18″.7

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