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Cosmic Question Mark – NGC 7822 and a meteorite

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NGC 7822, better known as the Cosmic Question Mark is a rarely photographed object in the constellation of Cepheus. It consists of an emission nebula (Sharpless 171) and a young cluster of stars (Berkley 59). The object is about 1000 parsecs, or 3'300 light-years, from Earth. The youngest components of the object are estimated to be less than one million years old. The object has a diameter of about 45 light-years.

I captured the object during the Perseids and by enormous luck I was able to capture a meteor perfectly in the field of view. I put the meteor on top of the stack of my image with Photoshop. Exactly at the place where I took the meteorite.

Source: Wikipedia

Image on Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/gz3fx2/
Image in Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwc95TTMdXV/?img_index=1

Setup
Widefield Setup

Telescope / Camera Lens
Samyang 135 mm @f/2.4

Camera
Omegon veTEC571c

Mount
Skywatcher HEQ-5 Pro

Filter
no Filter

Integration Time
130 x 180 s = 6 h 30 min

Comments
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Type of Main Object
Emission Nebula

Constellation
Cepheus

Observation Site
Goldau, CH
Bortle Class 4

Date
24. & 25. June 2023

annotated
starless

Astrophotography by Sven Arnold

Sven Arnold
Tennmattstrasse 22
6410 Goldau, SZ
Switzerland

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