{"id":330,"date":"2020-10-27T21:29:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T12:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astronote.ksgnet.org\/?p=330"},"modified":"2020-10-27T21:29:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T12:29:43","slug":"sh2-155cave-nebula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astronote.ksgnet.org\/index.php\/2020\/10\/27\/sh2-155cave-nebula\/","title":{"rendered":"Sh2-155(Cave Nebula)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Sh2-155<\/b>\u00a0(also designated\u00a0<a title=\"Caldwell catalogue\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caldwell_catalogue\">Caldwell<\/a>\u00a09,\u00a0<b>Sharpless 155<\/b>\u00a0or\u00a0<b>S155<\/b>) is a\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Diffuse nebula\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diffuse_nebula\">diffuse nebula<\/a>\u00a0in the constellation\u00a0<a title=\"Cepheus (constellation)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cepheus_(constellation)\">Cepheus<\/a>, within a larger nebula complex containing emission, reflection, and dark nebulosity. It is widely known as the\u00a0<b>Cave Nebula<\/b>, though that name was applied earlier to Ced 201, a different nebula in Cepheus. Sh2-155 is an ionized\u00a0<a title=\"H II region\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H_II_region\">H II region<\/a>\u00a0with ongoing\u00a0<a title=\"Star formation\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_formation\">star formation<\/a>\u00a0activity,<sup id=\"cite_ref-GetmanFeigelson2006_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sh2-155#cite_note-GetmanFeigelson2006-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0at an estimated distance of 725 parsecs (2400 light-years) from Earth.<sup id=\"cite_ref-BlaauwHiltner1959_2-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sh2-155#cite_note-BlaauwHiltner1959-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-CrawfordBarnes1970_3-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sh2-155#cite_note-CrawfordBarnes1970-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Sh2-155<sup id=\"cite_ref-simbad_4-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sh2-155#cite_note-simbad-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0was first noted as a galactic emission nebula in 1959 in the extended second edition of the\u00a0<a title=\"Sharpless catalog\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sharpless_catalog\">Sharpless catalogue<\/a>,<sup id=\"cite_ref-Sharpless1959_5-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sh2-155#cite_note-Sharpless1959-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0being a part of the much larger Cep OB3\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Stellar associations\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stellar_associations\">Association<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Sharpless1959_5-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sh2-155#cite_note-Sharpless1959-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Although Sh2-155 is relatively faint for amateur observation, some of its structure may be seen visually through a moderately sized telescope under dark skies.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Moore_6-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sh2-155#cite_note-Moore-6\">[6]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-CaldObjDSC_7-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sh2-155#cite_note-CaldObjDSC-7\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Sh2-155 lies at the edge of the Cepheus B cloud (part of the Cepheus\u00a0<a title=\"Molecular cloud\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Molecular_cloud\">molecular cloud<\/a>), and is\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Ionized\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ionized\">ionized<\/a>\u00a0by young stars from the Cep OB3 association.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Panagia81_8-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sh2-155#cite_note-Panagia81-8\">[8]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0It has been suggested that radiation from the hot\u00a0<a title=\"O-type star\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/O-type_star\">O-type star<\/a>\u00a0HD 217086 is compressing the region, triggering the formation of a new generation of stars.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Minchin92_9-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sh2-155#cite_note-Minchin92-9\">[9]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0A study of the region&#8217;s\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Young stellar objects\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Young_stellar_objects\">young stellar objects<\/a>\u00a0by the\u00a0<a title=\"Chandra X-ray Observatory\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chandra_X-ray_Observatory\">Chandra X-ray Observatory<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Spitzer Space Telescope\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spitzer_Space_Telescope\">Spitzer Space Telescope<\/a>\u00a0shows a progression of stellar ages in front of the cloud, supporting the hypothesis of triggered star-formation.<sup id=\"cite_ref-TriggerHappyStarFormation_10-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sh2-155#cite_note-TriggerHappyStarFormation-10\">[10]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-GetmanFeigelson2009_11-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sh2-155#cite_note-GetmanFeigelson2009-11\">[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>\uff08quote from Wikipedia\uff09<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&gt;&gt;&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/130600202@N05\/50536538531\/sizes\/l\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Show full size photograph on the new tab.<\/a>\u00a0&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 123px;\">Date and Place<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 489px;\">\n<p>2020-Oug-24,25,26<br \/>Fujigane Remote Observatory, Yamanashi, Japan<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 123px;\">Scope<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 489px;\">Takahashi Epsilon180ED + BetaSGR Focuser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 123px;\">Mount<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 489px;\">Skywatcher EQ8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 123px;\">Camera<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 489px;\">ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro : -25[deg-c]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 123px;\">Auto guiding<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 489px;\">QHY mini guide scope + QHY5L-2M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 123px;\">Filter<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 489px;\">Astrodon Tru-balance Gen.2 E-series LRGB Filter<br \/>Astrodon Ha 5[nm] Filter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 123px;\">Exposure<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 489px;\">Epsilon180ED + ASI6200MM-Pro<br \/>L : 24&#215;600[s], R : 12&#215;600[s], G :12&#215;600[s], B : 12&#215;600[s], H:12&#215;900[s]<br \/>Total :780[min] = 13[hr]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 123px;\">Software<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 489px;\">Astroart7 SP5 with SHS Version 6.3 beta 5<br \/>PHD Guiding 2.8.6<br \/>Pixinsight 1.8.8<br \/>Photoshop CC 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sh2-155\u00a0(also 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