Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  HD212955  ·  HD213021  ·  HD214710  ·  LDN 1251
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LDN1251 - The Angler or Rotten Fish Nebula, Elvie1
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LDN1251 - The Angler or Rotten Fish Nebula

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LDN1251 - The Angler or Rotten Fish Nebula, Elvie1
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LDN1251 - The Angler or Rotten Fish Nebula

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Lynds Dark Nebula - LDN1251 - The Angler Fish , aka the Rotten Fish Nebula
Located ~1000 LY away in the constellation Cepheus The King.
Dense molecular cloud with Haro-Harbig HH objects (barely visible as small reddish spots in nebula.)

The show-stealer is HD214710. It is a naked-eye visible red giant - in this image just outside and above the actual nebula. As well a couple of small distant galaxies can be found at the fish's nose and just above its' tail.

Took a few stabs at processing this image and things went much smoother when I ignored the red giant and accepted what my data provided.

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LDN1251 - The Angler or Rotten Fish Nebula, Elvie1