The Cave Nebula

[Craig123]

The Cave Nebula.

Catalogued in 1959 as Sh2 155 this is a relatively faint star forming region in Cepheus near the brighter  Elephants trunk nebula. Given the name by Patrick Moore who thought the emission lines  resembled the mouth of a cave.( I see an astral juggler aswell  😁  ) It lies to the North  2400 lights years away and this image consists of 21 hours of light at 550mm captured this month. Gases are Sulpher~ very bright round central tower, Hydrogen as well as  Oxygen which gives the blue gas clouds above.
Esprit 100 Telescope
HEQ5 Stellar drive 5
Zwo1600 mono
SHO Hubble palette in Pixinsight

Edited April 9, 2021 by Craig123

[Tommohawk]

That's lovely and not a target I knew of - so much stuff out there! Pretty low in the sky this time of year though isnt it?

[Craig123]

26 minutes ago, Tommohawk said:

That's lovely and not a target I knew of - so much stuff out there! Pretty low in the sky this time of year though isnt it?

Its up  between 30 and 40 degrees getting better as it gets later Tom. 

[Tommohawk]

I need my beauty sleep more than you I reckon Craig!

[Craig a]

Im normally a galaxy fan myself but the cave nebula is one of my favourites, it looks amazing in rgb colour too when deep enough, this is a lovely image and your stars are nice and small and tight