Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  HD217061  ·  HD217086  ·  Sh2-155
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SH2-155 The Cave Nebula, Jerry Yesavage
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SH2-155 The Cave Nebula

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The Cave Nebula, Sh2-155 or Caldwell 9, is a dim and very diffuse bright nebula within a larger nebula complex containing emission, reflection, and dark nebulosity. It is located in the constellation Cepheus.

The data here are from the French Association of AstroImaging

http://www.astro-images-processing.fr/

They are collected from a dark site in Arizona. Members have access to the high resolution images. Membership is about $30 a year and there are three sets of images available/year. There is a competition about the best processing... usually done in PixInsight.

This image is posted at 25% original resolution.

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SH2-155 The Cave Nebula, Jerry Yesavage

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