SH2-140 - The Hidden Nebula- 12.38 hours of SHO + RGB Stars

by Cosgrove's Cosmos (Patrick Cosgrove)

Objects in field: LDN 1201, LDN 1202, LDN 1203, LDN 1204, LBN 500, LBN 505, LBN 508, Sh2-140, VdB153, 25 Cep, The star 25 Cep

Equipment: William Optics Fluorostar 132 / FLT132, ZWO ASI2600MM Pro

Integration: 14h 23m

SH2-140, sometimes called the Hidden Nebula, is located in the constellation of Cepheus. It was captured in 12 h 23 m of SHO narrowband data with RGB stars on my WO132 platform. This field shows the bright ionization front of Sharpless 140 emerging from the surrounding dark molecular cloud, with nearby Lynds bright and dark nebulae and vdB 153 in the wider region. Processing was done in…