NGC7129 - Small Cluster Nebula

[Aramcheck]

NGC7129 - a reflection nebula in Cepheus. At 3,300 light years away it lives up to it's 'Small' monicker. The open cluster (NGC 7142) was a bonus surprise, as was the edge on faint fuzzy PGC97261. The latter, if I've remembered the calc correctly, is approx 398 million light years away.

SW200dps + EQ6. Canon 600D (astromodified) + 21x180 subs + Bortle 6 sky. Roughly processed in PI.

Haven't managed to get out since June. due to clouds & only got an hour's worth of data last night, due to clouds rolling in at about 1:30am.

Looks like the scope modification I did to reduce the flaring around bright stars has worked (i.e. covering the primary mirror clips with a ring of black plastic).

Lately I've been wondering whether I should try using a 2" Barlow with the DLSR when attempting the smaller DSO's - would that work better?

Cheers,
Ivor

[MarkAR]

Looks like a very delicate target, well done.