LDN 1272 – NGC 7822 is an emission nebula located in Cepheus, about 3,000 light years away. It’s a violent, chaotic deep-sky region where young stars are being born, their powerful radiation ionizing the surrounding gas and causing it to glow. These energetic stellar winds are also carving out the dusty streams and pillars seen throughout the nebula. Within these dark, dusty regions, new stars are likely being born, but the powerful radiation that’s fueling NGC 7822’s light emission is also destroying the cosmic gas and dust necessary for stellar birth, effectively cutting them off at the source. Stars could still be forming inside the pillars by gravitational collapse, but as the pillars are eroded away, any forming stars will ultimately be cut off from their reservoir of star stuff. This field spans around 40 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC 7822….vikaschandler.com
IMAGING DATA
Provo, Utah
Bortle 5 sky
Date: 1 11/3/2023
Image: LDN 1272
Size: 2 deg
Camera: ZWO ASI2600 MC Pro in Hyperstar Position
Filter: STC Astro Duo-Narrowband
Temperature: 0 deg C
Gain: 100
Binning: 1×1
Exposure: 180 seconds
# of Lights: 135 for 6 hours 45 minutes were used.
Telescope: Celestron 1100 Edge HD
Hyperstar IV Camera mount
Mount: 10Micron GM1000HPS
Pier: Steel pier on 600 lb concrete block
Observatory: NexDome “Y Mountain Observatory”
Software used
Deep Sky Stacker, Pixinsight, Photoshop
