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 July 26 2011  Ghost nebula in Cepheus (Sh2-136, vdb-141) |
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Spooky shapes seem to haunt this starry expanse, drifting through the night in the royal constellation Cepheus. Of course, the shapes are cosmic dust clouds faintly visible in dimly reflected starlight. Far from your own neighborhood on planet Earth, they lurk at the edge of the Cepheus Flare molecular cloud complex some 1,200 light-years away. Over 2 light-years across the ghostly nebula known as vdB 141 or Sh2-136 is near the center of the field. The core of the dark cloud on the right is collapsing and is likely a binary star system in the early stages of formation.
(Text from apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101030.html)
This picture was photographed on July 6-8, 2011 in the Crimea during the festival of amateur astronomy, "Southern Nights 2011"
Equipment: reflector S&D 254 mm. f/4.7 , Mount WSw180,camera QSI583wsg, Tevevue Paracorr. Off-axis guidecamera Orion SSAG.
LRGB filter set Baader Planetarium.
L:20x600 sec.,RGB:10x600 sec. each filter, bin 1.
North up.
Processed Pixinsight and PS CS5 |
| Submitted by: Oleg Bryzgalov | Location: Crimea, Ukraine | Date: July 08 2011 |
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