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This face on galaxy nebula in Cepheus is in a very dust obscured part of the Milky Way, and therefore is quite yellow in color, with a high B-V index of 1.0. This 11.6 magnitude galaxy is also unsual in that it is located well within the "Zone of Avoidance" for galaxies in the galactic band, and can be seen so well. Much to my surpise, much of the obscuring material was luminous, and when you click on the lower thumbnail, you wll see this is indeed a galaxy behind a significant amount of nebulosity in Cepheus. This is the first case Ive ever photographed with such an obvious luminous cloud in the foreground.

The galaxy is small, at 3.9 x 3.2 mins, and is classed as Sb/SBc type.

Instrument:  12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  SBIG ST7E w/Enhanced Cooling
Exposure:  LRGB = 60:20:20:36 (RGB Binned 2x2)
Filters:  RGB Tricolor
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing 7/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  20 C
CCD Temperature:  -20 C
Processing:  Maxim DL, Photoshop, PW Pro.