Subject:Cederblad 214/SH2-171 nebula and Berkeley 59 cluster
Author: Luis Lopes
Scope: Megrez 72FD with TV 0.8x reducer/flatenner
Instruments:Atik 314L CCD camera and Atik filter wheel, astronomik 13nm H-alpha filter, autoguided with Zeiss 135mm f/3.5 lens attached to Orion Starshoot Autoguider, Vixen GP-DX mount with SS2k controlle
Exposure time:3h 20m
Place & Seeing:Castelões, Portugal
Date:23 of August, 2008
Remarks:I love this object because of the interplay between the dark filaments and the background nebula with interesting ionization fronts or pillars.