IC1318 - The Butterfly Nebula
with NEXUS coma corrector
with 10" f/3.9 Astrograph @ f/2.9
Uploaded 11/21/24

 

            
Here is IC1318 in Cygnus,
            the Butterfly Nebula. Incredible details can be seen in the dark
            lane in the center, no doubt many new stars will eventually be
            forming in the plentiful Bok globules seen here. Just above Deneb
            is the beautiful NGC6910 open cluster, composed of mostly yellow
            stars tinted from the massive amount of dust in this part of
            the sky.

            
Technical Data: 10"
            f/2.8 astrograph, Atik 16200 CCD, HaRGB = 5.6 hours total, Payson,
            Az.

            
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Instrument:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian with Nexus 0.75x CC
Mount:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  ATIK 16200 
Guider: ASI290  w/80mm WO Zenithstar 81 piggyback refractor
Exposure:  5.6h
Astronomik  RGB Combine Ratio:  1: .9: 1.6 = G2V  calibrated
Location:  Payson, Arizona, Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 3 arcsec , Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature:  45 F
CCD Temperature:  -30 C
Image Processing Tools: 
Maxim DL6:  Calibration, PixInsight:  All Remaining processing, Production finishing: Photoshop CS2

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