Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7822  ·  Sh2-171
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Sh2-171, Sasho Panov
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Sh2-171

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Sh2-171

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Sh2-171 is an emission nebula at a distance of about 2900 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cepheus. The gaseous cloud is very lit and ionized by the star forming cluster Berkeley 59. This object contains several dark nebulae and complex structures.

This image was processed from the exposures from the first night of testing the FRA400 astrograph and total imaging time is only 5 hours.

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Sh2-171, Sasho Panov