IC1318 - The area around Gamma Cygni
Emission nebula in central Cygnus
Uploaded 10/17/24

 
The
            field around Gamma Cygni is simply amazing. Nearly every square
            degree of sky is filled with pinks and red nebulosities, dark
            dust lanes, and brilliant star clusters. While we all know NGC1318
            the Butterfly nebula to the left of Gamma, Just above this yellow
            star is the concentrated open cluster NGC6910. But look at that
            gorgeous larger open cluster to the upper left, halfway to the
            corner - a feast of yellow suns! The arcs to the uppper right
            are various SNR, and of course the Dividing Cell Nebula NGC6888
            is lower right.

            Technical Data: Samyang 135mm f/2 @ f/2.4, ASI071MC, 1h RGB +
            1h IDAS NBZ.

            
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Instrument:  Samnyang 135mm f/2 @ f/2.4
Mount:  Home Made GEM
Camera:  Color CMOS ASI071mc
Guider: ASI mini  w/80mm piggyback refractor
Exposure:  120m ( 5 min subs)
Location:  Happy Jack, Arizona, Elevation:  7000 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 2 arcsec , Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature:  45 F

Image Processing Tools: 
Maxim DL6:  Calibration
PixInsight:  Alignment, Stacking, Star Removal
Photoshop CS2:  Curves, Color Correction, Cleanup

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