Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7538
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NGC7538 9172011

Acquisition details

Dates:
Sept. 17, 2011
Frames:
Ha: 8×900(2h) bin 1×1
Meade Blue: 8×120(16′) bin 1×1
Meade Green: 16×120(32′) bin 1×1
Meade Luminance: 30×120(1h) bin 1×1
Integration:
3h 48′
Avg. Moon age:
19.34 days
Avg. Moon phase:
78.11%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6555316

RA center: 23h13m42s.10

DEC center: +61°2924

Pixel scale: 2.783 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 85.619 degrees

Field radius: 0.665 degrees

Resolution: 1350x1066

File size: 280.4 KB

Locations: Mason Ohio, None

Description

Often referred to as the Cotton Candy Nebula, it appears a little lost in this widefield image. This is a combination of HA and LRGB. Luminance was accomplished by combining the HA with the L and Red was the Red channel plus 30% HA.

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NGC7538 9172011, 



    
        

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