Next to it's more popular neighbor NGC 7635 (Bubble Nebula) NGC 7538 is located in the constellation Cepheus. Within its center are 2 Mag 11 stars which cause the nebula to glow reddish. It is home to one of the largest protostars known. A protostar is a cloud of dense hot gas and dust collapsing under it own gravity to form a star. More of NGC 7538's protostar can be found here
| Location & Date |
Backyard, Abbott Observatory - Aug 27 & Oct. 31, 2008 |
| Telescope | TMB 130SS Refractor, F/7 on a Losmandy G11, Prime Focus, Image scale 1.68 arcsec/pixel |
| Camera |
SBIG ST-2000XM w/CFW8, AO8 Astrodon Tru Balance Filters CCD temp -15°C |
| Exposure Times | (L) 10 x 10, (R) 8 x 10, (G) 3 x 10,(B) 4 x 10 Minutes, Bin 1x1 |
| Other Information |
Image acquisition/focus/guiding/dither - CCD Autopilot w/CCDSoft Focus - Moonlite Motorfocus w/FocusMax |
| Image Processing |
* Images Plus 3.75beta - Calibration, Normalize, Grading, Alignment, Min Max Average Combine, Van Cittert Deconvolution, mild DDP * Adobe CS - RGB blend into Lum, Levels, Curves, Sharpening, Cropping, NR, JPEG conversion |
