Found in the constellation Cepheus. From Wikipedia:
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 800-1000 pc 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
pillars of creation-type formations, the elephant trunks.
Camera: Apogee U16M w Gen II Astrdon 5 nm Ha and RGB
Scope: 12.5" Planewave CDK
106 x 20min H-Alpha, 16/16/14 x 10min RGB
Mount: Paramount ME
Image acquisition via TSX and CCD-Commander
Processing in PixInsight: WBPP then for RGB: Gradient Correction, Colour
Calibration, BlurX, NoiseX, SetiAstro Statistical Stretch, masked
saturation boost to highlights.
For the H-Alpha: GradientCorrection, StarX, SetiAstro Statistical Stretch on the starless H-Alpha then the Ha+RGB was combined using HaRGB_Combine process.
Processing in Photoshop: Added clarity and texture the H-Alpha via Camera Raw. Save-for-Web
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Oct 2025