NGC 7538 (SH2-158) Bright Nebula in Cepheus

Located at: RA 23 hours 13 minutes 42 seconds, Dec +61 degrees 31 minutes 09 seconds

Size: 9.7' x 6.1'; Magnitude: --; Class: (Sharpless) 2 3 3

North is up

West to the right

Telescope:

 8" f5 Newtonian reflector

Camera:

 ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -15c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56

Image:

 Red (Hoya 25A) filter, 170 minutes (17 x 10 minute subs), 09/04/2006

Processing:

 CCDStack 1.1, Photoshop 7.0

Location:

 Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s)

Notes:

Another in the quartet of objects including M 52, NGC 7510 and "The Bubble"