LDN1247 and LDN1251
The image was taken between May 27 and June 10, 2022, with a total of 38.16 hours in light shots.
Remote observatory “FarLightTeam” in Fregenal de la Sierra ( Badajoz, Spain )
E-EYE ( Hosting Entre Encinas y Estrellas )
Team: Bittor Zabalegui, Jose Esteban, Marc Valero, Jesus M. Vargas
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106 ED 530mm f/5
CCD: QSI683 wsg8
Filters: Baader Planetarium – LRGB
Mount: 10 micron GM1000 HPS
Imaging software: Voyager
Processing software: PixInsight
Image data:
2 tile panel
LUMINANCE: 160X600″ (PANEL 1-2)
NETWORK: 46 X 300″ (PANEL 1-2)
GREEN:46 X 300″ (PANEL 1-2)
BLUE: 46 X 300″ (PANEL 1-2)
Darks, biases, flats
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North is up.
LDN 1247 and 1251 are two molecular clouds in the constellation Cepheus. LDN 1247 is the smaller dark nebula just to the right of center. LDN 1251 is the larger elongated structure on the left. LDN 1251 contains about 15 young stellar objects and about 25 YSO candidates. These are stars in the early stages of evolution. They are often associated with early stellar phenomena, such as bipolar outflows and jets, masers, Herbig-Haro objects, and protoplanetary disks.
About 1,000 light-years distant and hovering above the plane of our MilkyWay galaxy, the molecular dusty cloud is part of a complex of dark nebulae mapped in the Cepheus flare region. Across the spectrum, astronomical scans of dark interstellar clouds reveal energetic shocks and outflows associated with newborn stars, including the telltale reddish glow of scattered Herbig-Haro objects seen in this sharp image. Distant background galaxies also lurk on the scene, buried behind the dusty expanse. Also in this image are distant galaxies, obscured by molecular dust, the most prominent being PGC166755 (left) and PGC69472 (center).