Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  LBN 542  ·  LDN 1225  ·  NGC 7538  ·  Sh2-158  ·  Sh2-159
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NGC7538 Northern Lagoon Nebula, Seymore Stars
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NGC7538 Northern Lagoon Nebula

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NGC7538 Northern Lagoon Nebula, Seymore Stars
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NGC7538 Northern Lagoon Nebula

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NGC7538, also know as the Northern Lagoon Nebula is located in the constellation Cepheus. Approximately 9100 LYs from Earth.  It is a region of active star formation including several luminous near-IR and far-IR sources. Stars in NGC 7538 are mainly low-mass pre-main-sequence stars.

Captured with the CDK17 and FLI PL16803 using S-H-O narrowband palette.

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NGC7538 Northern Lagoon Nebula, Seymore Stars

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