NGC 7129 & 7133 Reflection Nebula and NGC 7142 Cluster within the Dust (Brandon Tackett)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: HD205741 · HD205776 · HD206136 · HD206243 · HD206897 · HD207826 · HD207884 · IC 5134 · LBN 497 · LDN 1176 · LDN 1181 · LDN 1183 · NGC 7129 · NGC 7133 · NGC 7142 · VdB146

NGC 7129 & 7133 Reflection Nebula and NGC 7142 Cluster within the Dust

Another beautiful reflection nebula surrounded by lot of dark and dusty nebulosity Cepheus.

NGC 7129 is bright reflection nebula 3,300 light years from Earth in Cepheus. The nebula's illuminations comes from a young open cluster within the stellar nursery with 130 stars all less than 1 million years old (Wikipedia)

NGC 7133 is a reflection nebula just the left of the center portion of the image.

NGC 7242 is an open cluster visible in the center bottom left that is twice the distance from earth at 6,200 light years. Interstellar gas obstructs some of the cluster and as I discovered is only being study by a small group at my Alma Matter at The University of Kansas (Rock Chalk!)

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RA (center)	21h42m39s.70
RA (top/left)	21h56m02s.11
RA (top/right)	21h29m47s.54
RA (bottom/right)	21h30m08s.83
RA (bottom/left)	21h54m35s.81

Dec (center)	+66°07′44″.5
Dec (top/left)	+66°57′14″.8
Dec (top/right)	+67°02′06″.2
Dec (bottom/right)	+65°14′09″.5
Dec (bottom/left)	+65°09′37″.8

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