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I look at this and see a fiery skull NGC 7822 is a young star forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus The complex encompasses the emission region designated Sharpless 171, and the young cluster of stars named Berkeley 59. The complex is believed to be some 3000 light years distant, with the younger components aged no more than a few million years. The complex also includes one of the hottest stars discovered within 1 kpc of the Sun, namely BD+66 1673, which is an eclipsing binary system consisting of an O5V that exhibits a surface temperature of nearly 45000 K and a luminosity ~100000 times that of the Sun. The star is one of the primary sources illuminating the nebula and shaping the complex's famed pillar of creation -type formations.
This is a 2 pane mosaic with 63 hours of total exposure time - All exposures are 30 minutes each. You can see more information and different images of this target on my website.
NGC7822 - A skull on fire by Sara Wager, on Flickr
This is a 2 pane mosaic with 63 hours of total exposure time - All exposures are 30 minutes each. You can see more information and different images of this target on my website.
NGC7822 - A skull on fire by Sara Wager, on Flickr