Deep Sky Object in Autumn
Dark Nebulae around IC1396

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Date & Time: Nov 21 2009, from 19:55 to 22:40 JST(+0900)
Mosaic of 4 flames of 8min.×4shots
Optical: TAMRON SP 300mmF2.8, Aperture: F2.8
with IDAS LPS-P2 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI JP Equatorial
Digital Camera: Nikon D80 (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording format...12bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3872×2592)
CCDSensitivity...ISO800


B160 / Dark Nebula
R.A.21h 38m 00.0s (2000.0)
Dec.+56° 14' 00" (2000.0)
Apparent Size30×15'
Real SizeN/A
DistanceN/A
B171 / Dark Nebula
R.A.22h 01m 06.2s (2000.0)
Dec.+58° 51' 38" (2000.0)
Apparent Size19.0'
Real SizeN/A
DistanceN/A
This wide-field image shows you the distribution of dark nebulae around a bright round nebula of IC1396 in Cepheus. The autumnal Milky Way in Cepheus looks faint but contains amount of dark nebulae with various sizes and shapes. In this picture, we can recognize striking ones of B171 in east of IC1396 with span of about 20 arc minutes and B160 being piled on southern IC1396, and so on.
Dark Nebulae around IC1396 Dark Nebulae around IC1396



IC1396
IC1396 to Sh2-129

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