Located in Cepheus, a king of Aethiopia, LDN 1082
is a dark nebula, often known as The Seahorse.
LDN 1082 is about 1° long and is
about 1200 ly from us.
Hover over the image for an annotated view.
Date: 18 July 2025
FOV: cropped to 107' × 71' 20"
Telescope: Celestron C14 SCT (3910mm, f/11)
Starizona HyperStar (731.83mm, f/1.9)
Guiding: ZWO2600 MC Duo internal ASI220MM mini
Computer: ASIair plus 256GB
Mount: iOptron CEM120
Camera: ZWO ASI2600 MC Duo Cooled (0°C) Color CMOS gain 100
Pixel size: 3.76 μm
Resolution: 1.060 arcsec/pixel
Filter: Optolong UV/IR cut
Frames: twenty-one 180 second subs
Total Time: 1 hour and 3 minutes
Calibration: 20 flats, 20 dark flats, and 10 darks
Processing: Pixinsight – SPCC, DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT → Linear
MStr, GHS, HST, PMath MStr + GHS + HST → Stars, Sat,
StarXT, MStr, GHS, HST, PMath MStr + GHS + HST → Starless, Sat,
PMath ~(~Stars*~Starless) → Blend, scale
Location: Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY
