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This cosmic pillar stretches for approximately 1,400 light years along the northern part of the Milky Way, in the constellation Cepheus. Near the edge of the large molecular cloud, pockets of dust block all light from the stars in the background or weaken the light of the brightest star at the top, this star giving the nebula its characteristic blue color.At the bottom right of the image is a planetary nebula LBN 538 (red / blue). Discovered in 1979 and first described in an article in 1980 by Dengel, Hartl and Weinberger.ASA Newton 250/950 F3.6Paramount MyTZWO ASI2400MC à -10°C + rotateur ArteskyIDAS LPS-P3 et IDAS NBZ Nebula BoostSkywatcher Evostar72ED + ASI120MM miniTheSkyX pro, MaxPilot, FocusMax, AstroPixel Processor, PixInsight, Photoshop44h5' (68x 900” Filtre NBZ, 83x300" et 121x600" Filtre LPS-P3)Lorraine, France31 August, 1er, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 et 8 September 2021

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