by Craig and Tammy Temple
After starting this project back on Aug. 2, 2011 and
getting the H-alpha and OIII data, we finally had a clear night to get
some SII. We were beginning to think it wasn't meant for us to have an
HST version of this region because everytime we would try to get out the
clouds would roll in. Then to add insult to injury, we discovered that
something went wacky with our focus. We think that
auto temperature compensation went a little crazy. Thank goodness we
were able to salvage the data. So, after nearly a month of waiting,
here is the HST version.
Cederblad 214 is a large faint emission nebula in the constellation
Cepheus the King. It is also referred to as Sharpless 171 (Sh2-171) and
is part of a much larger region known as NGC 7822. The small, bright
star cluster located just below and right of center is Berkeley 59
(Be59). This complex lies approximately 6,000 light-years from Earth.
Telescope: Stellarvue Raptor SVR105 @ f/7
Accessories: Stellarvue SFF7-21 flattener; Dew control by Dew Buster; Alnitak Flat-Man
Mount: Takahashi EM-200 Temma2
Camera: QSI583wsg CCD @ -10.0C
Guiding: Starlight Xpress Lodestar via PHD
Filters: Astrodon 5nm Ha, OIII, SII
Exposure: 15 x 20min. (Ha); 16 x 20min. (OIII); 14 x 20min. (SII)
Acquisition: ImagesPlus 4.0c Camera Control
Processing: Calibration, DDP in Images Plus v4.0; Registration in Registar
Post-processing: Adobe Photoshop CS5; Noel Carboni’s Actions
Date(s): August 2, 9 & 23, 2011
Location: Hendersonville, TN, USA