Telescope: Astro-Physics 130 GT Refractor	Designation: In this image the red of hydrogen, heated and ionized by young and massive stars, predominates and is scattered throughout this star-forming region of the Constellation Cepheus. The field of this image is full of objects of various kinds, emission and reflection nebulae, dark clouds and bright stars that populate the cosmos. The elongated red cloud near the center is Sh2-150, located at a distance of about 2,900 light years from earth, appears in the direction of the stellar associations Cepheus OB2 and Cepheus OB3 , large expanding bubbles with which it may be associated. The other red emission nebula seen in this image at the top left is Sh2-145 , whose distance and characteristics match those of its smaller neighbor. The stars responsible for ionizing Sh2-150 are the blue giant 26 Cepheus of spectral class B0.5Ib, and the main sequence star HD 213405 class B0.5V. Below Sh2-150 we can see the blue reflection nebula Vdb 154 whose distance is unknown, so a physical relationship between this nebula and Sh2-150 cannot be established. Just to the right are the two dark clouds LDN 1214 and above this LDN 1213 . The brightest star that shines almost in the center is 26 Cephei. Between the two Sharpless nebulae is another dark cloud cataloged as LDN 1209. (Description courtesty of Juan Carlos - Universo Magico https://www.universomágico.com/)
Mount: Astro-Physics AP1600 GTO	Constellation: Cepheus Distance: ? LY - Apperent Magnitude: ?
Camera: Apogee U16-M with Astrodon Ver. 2 Filters	Remotely Imaged With CCD Commander
Guiding: 80mm Guidescope - SBIG ST-402 Guide Camera	Type: Nebulas Emission and Reflection
Exposure:LRGB Lum 5 Hours RGB 2.5 Hours	Position: R.A. 22 hr 32 min , Dec + 65 - 11' - 32"
Processed using Maxim, PhotoShop CS3. Pixinsight	Date: December 2013
Data Reduction and Processing by Jim Janusz	Imaging Location: Cave Creek Canyon Observatory