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Cederblad 214 / NGC 7822

Posted: 06/19/12

NGC 7822 is a young star forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus. The complex encompasses the emission region designated Sharpless 171, and the young cluster of stars named Berkeley 59. The complex is believed to be some 800-1000 pc distant, with the younger components aged no more than a few million years. The complex also includes one of the hottest stars discovered within 1 kpc of the Sun, that exhibits a surface temperature of nearly 45000 K and a luminosity ~100000 times that of the Sun. The star is one of the primary sources illuminating the nebula and shaping the complex's famed pillars of creation-type formations, the elephant trunks.

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106
Camera: SXV-H9
Mount: NEQ-6
Exposure time: Ha: 10x1800s (4,5nm)
Object: NGC 7822/Cederblad 214
Date: 19/06/2012
Location: HI-Ambacht, Netherlands

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