Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  LDN 1251
LDN 1251, Carlos Uriarte
Powered byPixInsight

LDN 1251

LDN 1251, Carlos Uriarte
Powered byPixInsight

LDN 1251

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

This is an extended cloud of gas and dust that is part of the low-mass star-forming region.

The two small galaxies are the spiral galaxy PGC 69472 (top - magnitude 15.5 and size: 2.1x1.6

arcmin) and the spiral galaxy PGC 166755 (bottom - magnitude 16 and size: 1.3x0.6 arcmin).

The bright yellow star in the center of the image is HR8625 (HD214710) (22h37m13.00s + 75 ° 22'18.0 ").

Cepheus is full of nebulae and interstellar gas that interact with the brightness of stars, its main figure is usually the Iris nebula NGC7023, but in the same field we can find many other less known and less bright forms of gas. That is why dark skies (bortle 2 or 3) are needed to get to the bottom of the sky.

The resolution is 1.77 "and I have the ccd at about 233º, so by carrying out simulations I could see how this object could be captured.

That said, I pass you the acquisition data:

Luminance: L astrodon GEN2 filter (600 "x sub): 12h BIN 1

Chrominance: RGB Astrodon GEN2 (300 "sub): 6h BIN 1

CCD: Atik 460exmono

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106ED

Frame: Paramount ME

Observatory: Àger (Catalonia, Spain)

Capture: The Sky X + SGP

Processed: Pixinsight 1.8 + Photoshop CC 2020

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

LDN 1251, Carlos Uriarte