Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  The star 16Cep  ·  The star 24Cep
LDN1235 or the Dark Shark Nebula, Cosar Catalin Daniel
LDN1235 or the Dark Shark Nebula
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LDN1235 or the Dark Shark Nebula

LDN1235 or the Dark Shark Nebula, Cosar Catalin Daniel
LDN1235 or the Dark Shark Nebula
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LDN1235 or the Dark Shark Nebula

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This emission nebula is just a small part of a much larger molecular cloud full of dark interstellar gas located in the constellation Cepheus .   
the image is a total of aprox. 18 hours integration time  and  was capture during a couple of nights from my backyard in Henlow Bedfordshire. 
Technical data:
Telescope : Tak.fsq85 edx 
Mount : EQ8
Sbig SG4 autoguider and a borg50 guidescope
Exposures: 8h (165 x 180sec ) captured with qhy 268c camera and Astronomik L2 UV/IR cut
           10h ( 198 x 180sec ) captured with qhy 268m camera and Astronomik luminance filter 
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LDN1235 or the Dark Shark Nebula, Cosar Catalin Daniel