Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)
LDN 1251, 



    
        

            Marco Prelini
LDN 1251
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LDN 1251, 



    
        

            Marco Prelini
LDN 1251
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Acquisition details

Dates:
Sept. 18, 2020
Frames:
31×600(5h 10′) (gain: 120.00) -10°C bin 1×1
Integration:
5h 10′
Darks:
31
Flats:
31
Flat darks:
31
Avg. Moon age:
1.21 days
Avg. Moon phase:
1.64%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
3.00
Mean SQM:
21.60
Temperature:
10.00

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 3893149

RA center: 22h33m42s.7

DEC center: +75°1214

Pixel scale: 0.946 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 4.830 degrees

Field radius: 0.641 degrees

Resolution: 4011x2775

File size: 5.3 MB

Locations: Osservatorio di Febbio, Febbio, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Data source: Traveller

Description

Down in the Cepheus molecular complex, there is this dark nebula. Its elongated shape is due to the interaction with the bubble of a supernovae explosion.

The red stains inside the darkest part of the nebulae are Herbig-Haro objects caused by new born stars forming. New worlds are going to rise there.

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