Young stars forming - NGC 7822 by Rob Little, Corbridge, UK. Equipment: Takahashi FSQ106 F5, ATIK 383L CCD, Baader narrowband HA, OII and SII filters, NEQ6 Pro Mount, Straight Express Lodestar autoguider.
Pictures of NGC 7822
Facts about and images of the emission nebula in Cepheus.
NGC 7822 is an emission nebula located in Cepheus, about 3,000 lightyears away.
It's a violent, chaotic deep-sky region where young stars are being born, their powerful radiation ionising the surrounding gas and causing it to glow.
These energetic stellar winds are also carving out the dusty streams and pillars seen throughout the nebula.
NGC7822 / Cederblad 214 by Andre van der Hoeven, HI-Ambacht, The Netherlands. Equipment: Takahashi FSQ106, SXV-H9, NEQ6
Within these dark, dusty regions, new stars are likely being born, but the powerful radiation that's fuelling NGC 7822's light emission is also destroying the cosmic gas and dust necessary for stellar birth, effectively cutting them off at the source.
Below is a selection of images of NGC 7822 captured by astrophotographers and BBC Sky at Night Magazine readers.
Cederblad 214 Emission Nebula by Mark Griffith, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. Equipment: Telescope service 8" Boren simon power newtonian, Skywatcher NEQ6 pro mount, Atik 383L camera, motorised filter wheel and Astronomik filters.Sh2-171 in HST Palette by Chris Heapy, Macclesfield, UK. Equipment: TeleVue NP127is, Losmandy G11, TV Pronto, SX Lodestar guidecamera, Atik 490EX.NGC7822 by Chris Grimmer, Norwch, UK. Equipment: William Optics GT81 Triplet Refractor, SXVR H694 Mono, Baader Filters, Ioptron CEM60 Standard, 80mm guide scope , SX LodestarSharpless 171 in NGC 7822 by Jesper Sundh, Lyon, France. Equipment: APM LZOS 105/650 reduced to f4.65, Atik 460EXm, Astro Physics 1600GTO, Astrodon 3nm HA/SII/OIII, Baader RGB filtersThe Cosmic Question Mark by Paul C Swift, Valencia, Spain. Equipment: Vixen VSD 100 f/3, 9.2mp Sony SX814, Software Bisque Paramount MX, Vixen VSD 100 f/3, Chroma SII 3nm, Chroma OIII 3nm, Chroma Ha 3nm.NGC 7822 widefield by André van der Hoeven, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, The Netherlands. Equipment: TMB92SS, QSI583wsLBN 587 by Dan Crowson, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri, USA. Equipment: SBIG ST-8300M, Astro-Tech AT90DTYoung stars forming - NGC 7822 by Rob Little, Corbridge, UK. Equipment: Takahashi FSQ106 F5, ATIK 383L CCD, Baader narrowband HA, OII and SII filters, NEQ6 Pro Mount, Straight Express Lodestar autoguider.
