LDN 1235 Dark Shark Nebula

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Image information:

Date: 08/20/2025
Equipment: Moravian C1+ 12000A camera through Sky-Watcher Esprit 80 ED telescope with IDAS HEUIB-II filter on Pegasus Astro NYX-101 mount. The telescope was working at f3.95 using TS 2" 0.79x corrector / reducer.
Image type: OSC
Exposure time: 120X180s, gain 40.
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Object information:

Object designations:

LDN 1235, vdB 149, vdB 150, Dark Shark Nebula
Object type:
 Dark and reflection nebulae complex
Object size:
  • LDN 1235 10' X 5'
  • vdB 149 5'
  • vdB 150 6' X 7'
Constellation:

Cepheus
Comment:
 Dark Shark nebula is a complex of dark and reflection nebulae in the constellation of Cepheus. It is a part of a much larger molecular cloud that spans that constellation. Most prominent are dark nebula LDN 1235 and reflection nebulae vdB 149 and vdB 150. The shark has the length of about 15 ly from head to tail. It is 650 ly distant. Also visible in the image is a faraway galaxy PGC 67671, some 62 million ly distant.

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