This is a nice star forming region in Cepheus. It's darned dim, with a lot of H-alpha (red), along with a few blue reflection areas as well. I finally (2008) got a chance to stack 3 sessions worth of pictures on this, with at least 39x4 = 152 minutes total exposure.
One Night: Prime Focus: 20x4min = 80 minutes exposure at 800 ISO. Temps were around 79 F most this night, which is a major disadvantage when using my uncooled DSLR. Canon EOS 20Da (unmodified), ISO 800, Takahashi TOA 130 (a 5" APO refractor), and Astro-Physics AP 900GTO mount.
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