Total Exposure Time: 8:20 hours L(bin1); RGB(bin2),
LRGB 270:80:60:90 // 50 frames of 10 minutes each
RA 22h 31m 13s, Dec +65° 13' 24"
Pos Angle +272° 04', FL 600.4 mm, 3.82"/Pixel
This image is 1566x1154 pixels

Officina Stellare Riccardi-Honders Veloce RH 200 OTA
Officina Stellare - http://www.officinastellare.com/products_scheda.php?idProd=15
On my site - http://www.pbase.com/boren/officina_stellare_riccardihonders_veloce_rh_200
Deeper technical informaiton on the Riccardi-Honders design - http://www.telescope-optics.net/honders_camera.htm
SBIG ST8300M, LRGB Astrodon Gen II filters
NEQ6 mount, guided w/PHD

Click here for an annotated version: http://www.pbase.com/boren/image/152943010/original

A colorful star field embedded in red and blue ionized hydrogen, floating among dark nebulae,
is the backdrop for the main nebulae at the center of this image - the red and elongated Sh2-150,
and the bluish reflection nebula VdB154 just on its left. The star 26 Cep is the bright star at the
middle-top part of the image, but the more interesting star here is the cataclysmic variable star,
V* BS Cep (also known as AAVSO 2225+64) surrounded by the small nebula GN 22.27.6. The brighter
star near the center is 26 Cep, and a faint and blue nebula seems to encircle it.