IC1311 Open Cluster in Cygnus
with 10" f/3.9 Astrograph
Uploaded 11/14/20

 
This
            gem of a cluster I found near the center of Cygnus, near Gamma
            Cygni. It is 9 arc mins in size and a very faint 13th magnitude.
            The richness of this cluster plus how nicely the huge amount
            of dust in this constellation changes the colors to a yellow
            tint, makes this a great imaging target! As a bonus, the background
            is filled with a faint red emission nebulosity. The whole field
            is full of multi colored Milky Way stellar jewels. 

            

            
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Instrument:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian with Baader MPCC
Mount:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Color CMOS
Guider: ZWO ASI mini  w/80mm piggyback refractor
Exposure:  15m
Location:  Payson, Arizona, Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 2 arcsec , Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature:  45 F

Image Processing Tools: 
Maxim DL6:  Calibration, Color Conversion, aligning, stacking
PixInsight:  Saturation Curves
Photoshop CS2:  Curves, Color Correction, Gradient removal (Grad Xterminator), Cleanup

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