Technical details:
Location / Date: Outside of Kopparberg, Västmanland, Sweden / 2018-December
Optics: Orion Optics UK AG12
Mount: 10 Micron GM1000 HPS (Unguided)
Camera: Atik One 6.0 with Astrodon 1,25" RGB Gen 2 E-Series and 5nm H-Alpha narrowband filters
Exposure:
Ha:119 x 300s bin1x1,
R:27 x 180s bin2x2,
G:18 x 180s bin2x2,
B:14 x 180s bin2x2
(cumulative exposure time is 12 hours and 52 minutes)
Processing: Pixinsight and Photoshop
Image details:
Sh2-155 (also designated Sharpless 155 or S155) is a diffuse nebula in the constellation Cepheus, within a larger nebula complex containing emission, reflection, and dark nebulosity.
It is widely known as the Cave Nebula. Sh2-155 is an ionized H II region with ongoing star formation activity, at an estimated distance of 2400 light-years from Earth.
Sh2-155 was first noted as a galactic emission nebula in 1959 in the extended second edition of the Sharpless catalogue, being a part of the much larger Cep OB3 Association.
It has been suggested that radiation from the hot O-type star HD 217086 is compressing the region, triggering the formation of a new generation of stars.
A study of the region's young stellar objects by the Chandra X-ray Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope shows a progression of stellar ages in front of the cloud,
supporting the hypothesis of triggered star-formation.