Wallpaper author:
Walter Borghini
04 Jul 2025
CED 214
About 2,700 years from our planet in the direction of the constellation Cepheus, we find this large region of gas clouds ionized by ultraviolet radiation emitted by young stars born within it. Its extension is greater than 140 light years.
Processing performed with PixInsight, PaintShop.
Dataset from which the image was processed
CED 214
12 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16083
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 0.1958 Dec 67.7892
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................17 Jul 2022 - 04 Jan 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 600 | 5h40m | 34 |
| SII | 600 | 5h40m | 34 |
| OIII | 600 | 5h40m | 34 |