The Wizard Nebula and a bunch of bright and dark nebulae in Cepheus

[gorann]

Finally a full clear night after more than a month of clouds, although with the moon shining at full force. I aimed at this mix of bright and dark nebulosity found in several catalogues (Lynd's, Sharpless and NGC). Image grabbed with my dual RASA rig and the NBZ filter did a rather good job of keeping the moonlight out.

Imaged on the 19-20 December night. Dual RASA8 + ASI2600MC (gain 100, offset 30, -15°C) with IDAS NBZ filter on a Mesu 200 mount. 221 x 5 min, so totally 18.4 hours.

The annotated image is a screen dump from my Astrobin page.

The next clear night here appears to be Christmas eve.

So, CS and Merry Christmas!

Göran

 

 

Edited December 21, 2021 by gorann

[simmo39]

Amazing!  What is a clear night?

[scotty38]

Brilliant and very nice stars too.

[gorann]

8 hours ago, simmo39 said:

Amazing!  What is a clear night?

Thanks a lot Simmo. Yes at least not tonight - after 40 days of clouds (or not being close to my scopes) I finally have had two of them, with a full moon though.... But Christmas looks promising.

[gorann]

5 hours ago, scotty38 said:

Brilliant and very nice stars too.

Thanks a lot Scotty!