Sharpless Catalog Objects

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Ced214 & Sh2-170

NOTE.This image get selected as a Space Picture of the Week by National Geographic. You can see the story HERE

This cosmic question mark, in constellation Cepheus, contains following objects; At top, Cederblad 214(Ced 214) surrounded by NGC 7822, a dot like nebula at the bottom is known as Sharpless 170,(Sh2-170). Image spans over Five degrees vertically.
Total exposure time is about 9h with an ultra fast Canon EF 200mm f1.8 optics and the QHY9 astronomical camera.

J-P Metsävainio

Ced214 & Sh2-170

NOTE.This image get selected as a Space Picture of the Week by National Geographic. You can see the story HERE

This cosmic question mark, in constellation Cepheus, contains following objects; At top, Cederblad 214(Ced 214) surrounded by NGC 7822, a dot like nebula at the bottom is known as Sharpless 170,(Sh2-170). Image spans over Five degrees vertically.
Total exposure time is about 9h with an ultra fast Canon EF 200mm f1.8 optics and the QHY9 astronomical camera.