NGC 7129 - A Cosmic Rosebud! | ~14 hours of LRGB

by Cosgrove's Cosmos (Patrick Cosgrove)

Objects in field: NGC 7129, NGC 7133, NGC 7142, IC 5134, LDN 1181, LDN 1183, LBN 497, VdB146

Equipment: Astro-Physics StarFire EDFS 155mm f/7 (2.7"), ZWO ASI2600MM Pro

Integration: 13h 54m

NGC 7129, the Flower Bud / Cosmic Rosebud Nebula, is a surprisingly rich LRGB field in Cepheus: blue reflection nebulosity around the young cluster, layered dark molecular dust, faint reddish background structure, and the nearby open cluster NGC 7142 sharing the frame. This was the final set of data captured over four difficult nights in July. I shot this dataset with my AP155 f/5.3 and…