Image of Cepheus
Full Color Image of Cepheus, from Flying Bat to Lobster Claw. Click here or on the image above for full-size, 2800x2818px (12.2MB)
Image of Cepheus
Annotated Image of Cepheus, from Flying Bat to Lobster Claw. Click here or on the image above for full-size, 2800x2818px (12.2MB)

Cepheus

Objects IC1396; Sh2-129; Sh2-131; Sh2-157; M52; Sh2-142; Sh2-155; NGC7635; B160; B169; LBN476; LBN497; NGC7133; NGC7142; Sh2-140; LBN505; LBN455; B365; B161; LDN1101; LDN1102; LDN1131; LDN1134; LDN1144; LDN1188; "Elephant Trunk Nebula"; "Wizard Nebula"; "Flying Bat Nebula"; "Bubble Nebula"; "Lobster Claw Nebula"; "Cave Nebula"
Description The Cepheus constellation is visible from the Northern Hemisphere. It is home to many beautiful deep sky objects such as IC1396, Sh2-129, Sh2-142, Sh2-155, Sh2-157, and M52.
Rights Statement This image is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). If you use this image elsewhere, you must provide an attribution (credit line) like this:
Cepheus, from Flying Bat to Lobster Claw by Nico Carver is licensed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 Licesnse.
Acquisition Dates 09/04/19; 09/06/19
Location Big Wood Lake, Grantsburg, WI
Optics Sigma 105mm f/1.4 Art
Mount iOptron SmartEQ Pro+
Camera Nikon D800 (modified)
ISO 800
Integration Total: 130 Minutes; 260x30"
Software Mount Control: iOptron firmware; Planetarium: Cartes Du Ciel; Polar Alignment: QHY Polemaster; Processing: PixInsight 1.8.5, AstroPixelProcessor and Photoshop CS6
RA/DEC Center 332.201, 60.249
Orientation (E of N) 245 degrees
Links Astrobin; Flickr; WorldWideTelescope
Cepheus in the WorldWideTelescope screenshot