Mastodawn

This is NGC 2276 -- a beautiful spiral galaxy located in the #constellation #Cepheus

We covered the awesome #astronomy in this constellation last season--listen here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/cepheus-cosmic-background/

📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/heic2106a/

#astrophotography #space #science #astronomy #Cepheus #Hubble #AstroDon

Frank Adler 6d ago

Sh2-171 – The Question Mark Nebula in Cepheus. A two-panel mosaic covering over 100 light-years of active star formation, powered by Berkeley 59 — a cluster just 2 million years old. Its O5V star BD+66 1673 burns at 45,000 Kelvin, sculpting the dark pillars visible throughout the frame. Processed in Hubble Palette (HSO).

https://adfr.io/astro/20260310_sh2-171

#Astrophotography #Narrowband #Sh2171 #NGC7822 #Cepheus #HubblePalette #DeepSky #Nebula #astrodon #astrophoto #deepsky

The Question Mark Nebula

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Frank Adler 6d ago

The Question Mark Nebula
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2,600 light-years away in Cepheus, a cosmic question mark is being written in gas and dust. Sharpless 171 (NGC 7822) is an active stellar nursery spanning over 100 light-years, powered by Berkeley 59 — a star cluster just two million years old. Its brightest member, BD+66 1673, burns at nearly 45,000 Kelvin, sculpting the surrounding cloud into the elephant trunks and dark pillars you see here. A two-million-year-old star carving a hundred-light-year nebula. The universe doesn't do things small.

The foreground scatter of stars in the upper part of the frame belongs to NGC 7762 — an unrelated open cluster that is 2.5 billion years old and just happens to share the same patch of sky. Ancient stars looking on as new ones are born.

Two-panel mosaic captured over two nights from Chemnitz, processed in Hubble Palette (HSO). 🔭

Scope: Askar 103APO
Lens: Askar 0.6x Reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 294MC Pro
Filter: Antlia Tri-Band RGB Ultra
Mount: SkyWatcher AZ-EQ5-GT
Guiding: SkyWatcher Evoguide 50ED with ZWO ASI 224MC
Controller: ZWO ASIAir Pro
Focusser: ZWO EAF

Integration time: 16hrs 50min

Full version and print available at:
https://adfr.io/astro/20260310_sh2-171

#astrophotography #deepskyobject #narrowband #hubblepalette #emissionnebula #sh2171 #ngc7822 #questionmarknebula #cepheus #starforming #stellarnursery #berkeleycluster #hso #pixinsight #astronomyphotography #spacephotography #nightsky #cosmiclandscape #astrophoto #nebula #Sternenfotografie #Astrofotografie #deepsky #mosaic #longexposure #fromchemnitz

Starry Time Podcast Jan 26

Well -- I can't see Queens for #MythologyMonday and *not* talk about the most famous #queen in the #constellations -- Cassiopeia!

Queen Cassiopeia's claim to fame is that time she boasted about being more beautiful than the (50!!) Nereids & was promptly punished by Poseidon by way of flood/sea monster.

📷 : La Délivrance d'Andromède (1679) Pierre Mignard via https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Mignard-Andromeda_and_Perseus.jpg

#Art #Paintings #StarLore #GreekMythology #GreekMyth #Andromeda #Cassiopeia #Cepheus

Frank Adler Jan 23

LDN 1235 (the Shark Nebula) in Cepheus, ~650 ly away. A dark dust cloud revealed by the Milky Way star field it extinguishes, with faint blue reflection near the head (vdB 149/150).

Full image: https://adfr.io/astro/20260120_ldn1235

#astrodon #astrophotography #deepsky #darknebula #LDN1235 #SharkNebula #Cepheus

johansolo Jan 19

Cepheus Faster than Light!

Starkmad y Vic M han traducido Cepheus: Faster Than Light al castellano.

Este libro es una versión minimalista del sistema de reglas de Traveller (usa 2d6) en 64 páginas.

https://cdt20.blogspot.com/2026/01/cepheus-faster-than-light-ahora-en.html

#Cepheus #TravellerRPG

Cepheus Faster Than Light: ¡Ahora en español!

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martin Jan 13

@ng76 I like the sound of the combat sheets! Do you have an example?

#ttrpg #cepheus #traveller

Starry Time Podcast Dec 29

This is the charmingly named IRAS 23077+6707 -- a planet-forming disc located 1,000 LY in the #constellation Cepheus.

We covered other #astronomy about this constellation in our season 2 episode here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/cepheus-cosmic-background/

📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/opo2606/

#Cepheus #Hubble #ESA #NASA #Astrophotography #AstroDon #astronomer

AllanICarswellObservatory Dec 27

NGC 7380, shown in this image, is also known as the Wizard Nebula because some people see the outline of a wizard wearing a pointed hat with outstretched arms, as if casting a spell. It is located in the constellation Cepheus and is a young star-forming region, where a cluster of newly formed stars illuminates the surrounding gas and dust.
#NGC7380 #WizardNebula #Cepheus #SpaceScienceSaturday #YorkUObservatory #Astronomer #Telescope #AICO #Physics #Astronomy #AllanICarswellObservatory #Science #SpaceExploration #Research #ScienceOutreach

cybergoths Dec 10

Zozer Games just announced that the new edition of the Orbital 2100 setting is now available as a stand alone #ttrpg with the #Cepheus Universal engine.

They linked it here https://www.zozergames.com/orbital.html and mentioned there is currently 15% off Lulu books till Dec 12 with the code: MYPROJECT15

I really enjoyed the previous edition and reviewed it here: https://delta-pavonis.blogspot.com/2024/02/first-impressions-orbital-2100-cepheus.html

#Traveller #travellerrpg