Location / Date:

Eggersdorf, GER / 30.+ 31. August & 01.+02. September 2016

Telescope / Lens:

10" f/4 ONTC Newton

Mount:

Celestron CGE GPS

Camera:

Atik 383L+

Exposure time:

23x 1800" Astronomik Ha 6nm

16x 1200" Astronomik [OIII] 12 nm

17x 1200" Astronomik [SII] 12 nm

Total exposure:

Description:

This glowing star forming region on the edge of a giant molecular cloud in the northern constellation Cepheus is about 3,000 light years away. Inside the nebula detail rich and complex sculptures of dust are dominating. The gas emission is feeded by energy rich radiation of hot stars which mighty wind and light emissions are forming and eroding the massive columns. There is still a chance that stars are formed inside the columns driven by collapsing gravitation. But while the columns are eroding more and more, the stars coming into beeing ar cut of from their resources of star dust. This area is extending, in the estimated distance, about 40 light years.

Image recording:

Frank Iwaszkiewicz

Image processing: