Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)
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A Dusty Ghost in Cepheus

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Takahashi FSQ-106ED
Imaging Cameras
SBIG ST-10XME
Mounts
Astro-Physics 900GTO

Acquisition details

Dates:
June 20, 2022 ·  July 4, 2022 ·  July 26, 2022
Frames:
Astrodon I-series: 90×30(45′) bin 1×1
Astrodon I-series: 90×420(10h 30′) bin 2×2
Luminance: 167×600(27h 50′) bin 1×1
Integration:
39h 5′
Avg. Moon age:
17.97 days
Avg. Moon phase:
28.71%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6073305

RA center: 21h15m33s.6

DEC center: +68°0249

Pixel scale: 2.637 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 204.308 degrees

Field radius: 0.900 degrees

Resolution: 2055x1346

File size: 1.3 MB

Data source: Backyard

Description

This is my fourth attempt to image the faint Ghost Nebula region from my mediocre New York skies.  This time I persisted over several nights to obtain enough signal for processing.Hope you enjoy!

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A Dusty Ghost in Cepheus, 



    
        

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