Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)
Cave Nebula, physics5mickey
Cave Nebula
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Cave Nebula

Cave Nebula, physics5mickey
Cave Nebula
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Cave Nebula

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The Cave Nebula. One of star forming region thousand light year away, not quite further.

The nebula is named after its dark patch in the center, resembling a cave entrance. The gate is highly illuminated and ionized by giant new-born stars around.

Blend Ha into R channel.

Ha 76 × 600s

Red 50 × 300s

Green 47 × 300s

Blue 37 × 300s

Total 23.8 hrs

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B

Description: The final version is only a central part crop. See the old version with two weird lens-flare that I was still not figured out yet.

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Cave Nebula, physics5mickey

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