Deep Sky Object in Autumn
Around vdB158 (Reflection Nebula in Andromeda)

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Date & Time: Jan 10 2021, from 18:43 to 22:17 JST(+0900)
Composed 20 shots with 5 minutes exposed
Optical: TAKAHASHI 16cm(6.3") epsilon (f=530mm, F3.3)
with IDAS LPS-V4 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI JP Equatorial & SBIG STV
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5472×3648)
Device Size...35×24mm, Sensitivity...ISO3200


vdB158 / Reflection Nebula, type 1 E
R.A.23h 37m 52s (2000.0)
Dec.+48°29' 48" (2000.0)
Apparent Size90'×10'
Real SizeN/A
Magnitude -
DistanceN/A
Other IDsLBN 534
NGC7686 / Open Cluster, type III 2 p
R.A.23h 30m 12.0s (2000.0)
Dec.+49° 08' 00" (2000.0)
Apparent Size15.0'
Real SizeN/A
# of Stars20
Magnitude5.6
DistanceN/A
This image shows you a dimmed but unique-shaped molecular cloud positioned in the northwestern edge of Andromeda. The cloud is lying at a bit larger than 2 degrees north from λ Andromedae the image includes a neighboring open cluster of NGC7686 in the upper right-hand side. The entitled object of vdB158 corresponds to a small blued reflection nebula around an 8.7th magnitude star in the lower field of view. A straight-shaped dimmed molecular cloud has another ID of LBN534, which stretches to northeast direction with a length of about 1.5 degrees.
This image has been cropped with an equivalent focal length of 700mm.

Deepsky objects around vdB158 Nebulae & Star clusters around vdB158

Italic indicates ID of open clusters



vdB157
PK104-29.1 (Jones1)

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