Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  10 nu. Cep  ·  12 Cep  ·  13 Cep  ·  14 Cep  ·  15 Cep  ·  17 ksi Cep  ·  18 Cep  ·  19 Cep  ·  20 Cep  ·  21 zet Cep  ·  22 lam Cep  ·  23 eps Cep  ·  25 Cep  ·  27 del Cep  ·  9 Cep  ·  Alkurhah  ·  B151  ·  B153  ·  B154  ·  B157  ·  B160  ·  B161  ·  B162  ·  B163  ·  B165  ·  B166  ·  B167  ·  B169  ·  B170  ·  B171  ·  And 55 more.
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Cepheus widefield, tommy_nawratil
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Cepheus widefield

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Cepheus widefield

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This widefield around µ Cephei, Herschel's "Garnet star", includes a lot of deepsky objects, most prominently the IC1396 complex. Shot with the 100mmL lens on Eos600da, as a test for iOptron's sky tracker. It managed well, but the polarscope was not adjustable, even with the hidden screws, so I had to estimate the offset of Polaris and use that. Inserting the battery pack is something like a chinese-buddhist patience test, as it refuses to fit constantly. Other samples may behave different. Finally, it worked out well and the 3min expos were ok. With the 200mmL, tracking got hoppy and produced doublestars constantly.

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Cepheus widefield, tommy_nawratil