NGC 7129 (estabrook)

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

Powered byPixInsight

NGC 7129

Powered byPixInsight

NGC 7129

NGC 7129. I spent a few late summer nights on NGC 7129, a quirky, alluring reflection nebula in Cepheus that only recently came to my attention (along with open cluster NGC 7142). It's so hard to capture dust in Bortle 8 skies, but traces I managed here were captured with just a UV/IR filter on three clear and nearly moonless nights. This image combines about 10 hours worth of 2-minute exposures. I would love to spend some more time on this one to bring out even more of the surrounding dark clouds--and even the faint slice of Ha between the cluster and the nebula--when conditions allow.

(Captured: Askar FRA500, AM5, ASI183MC Pro, Optolong UV/IR Cut Filter. Processed: AstroPixelProcessor, PixInsight, StarXterminator, NoiseXterminator, BlurXterminator, Blanshan/Cranfield Star Reduction Script)

ZWO ASI183/QHY183
Light Polluted skies
Virginia Astronomers and Astrophotographers
ZWO ASIAIR PRO USERS
Broadband under Bortle 7/8/9
NOVAC
The OSC Club (One Shot Camera)

Please note: The following tables are updated every 24 hours.

Distribution of astrophotographers

This table shows the number of distinct astrophotographers who have been assigned and IOTD/TP award compared to the total number of images awarded.
	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

The “AstroBin Image of the Day and Top Picks”, or IOTD/TP, is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or otherwise amazing astrophotographs, with a focus on technical excellence. Learn more.

Submitted The date and time when you submitted this image for IOTD/TP consideration.	...
Views by Submitters (available since September 19th, 2023) Every image is assigned to 50% of available Submitters. In the event that at least 80% of them don't view the image before its time in the IOTD/TP process expires, it's assigned to the other 50% of Submitters and the process begins anew.
Promotions by Submitters When 3 distinct Submitters promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for Top Pick status. This requirement, in addition to anonymization of images and distribution to only a subset of them, prevents biases and ensures that the best images are selected.
Promotions by Reviewers When 3 distinct Reviewers promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for IOTD status.
Early dismissal Staff members have a lot of images to inspect on a daily basis, and they can dismiss images if they believe they don't meet the requirements for IOTD/TP selection. If an image is dismissed 5 times, it's removed from the process. This streamlines the process and ensures that any bias present in promotions could be overruled by other staff members.

Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	8561810
PixInsight job	JSJRX8DO5LXZIBL8Q9SE3S7YRJ3AIRU5
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	21h42m56s.817
RA (top/left)	21h50m49s.193
RA (top/right)	21h37m31s.664
RA (bottom/right)	21h35m12s.939
RA (bottom/left)	21h48m06s.567

Dec (center)	+66°06′30″.68
Dec (top/left)	+66°19′36″.90
Dec (top/right)	+66°43′39″.19
Dec (bottom/right)	+65°51′56″.74
Dec (bottom/left)	+65°28′40″.10

Image Index:

Contribution Index (beta):

NGC 7129

NGC 7129

Equipment

Acquisition details

Description

Comments

Sky plot

Histogram

In these public groups

		...
You have no new notifications.

Image Index:

Contribution Index (beta):

NGC 7129

NGC 7129

Equipment

Acquisition details

Description

Comments

Sky plot

Histogram

In these public groups

Notifications

AstroBin is in READ ONLY mode

Sorry :-(

Sorry :-(

Sorry :-(

Are you really sure?

Warning!

Warning!

Are you sure?

Report abuse

Slideshow settings

IOTD/TP stats (last [x] days)

Distribution of astrophotographers

Distribution of subject types

Distribution of data sources

Sorry

Sorry

Share

Upload new revision

Upload uncompressed source (XISF/FITS/PSD/TIFF)

Delete image and all its revisions?

Delete original image?

Delete all other versions?

Delete all revisions?

IOTD/TP stats

The following people like this image

The following people bookmarked this image

Warning

Flag malfunctioning thumbnails

Contains

Remove yourself as a collaborator

Plate-solving information