Sharpless 2-124 in Cygnus
with 10" f/3.9 Astrograph
Uploaded 10/26/23

 
This
            week we would like to share with you a very interesting but seldom
            imaged emission nebula in Cygnus called Sharpless 2-124. It has
            no official name, but is incredibly beautiful complete with dark
            lanes of dust, and a pink central bright nebulosity surrounded
            by a field full of dim deep red background hydrogen. The dark
            nebulosity in the center is LBN421 and LBN423. A very rich Cygnus
            starfield forms a nice backdrop of golden and blue stellar diamonds
            (G2V calibrated of course!). The reason that this beautiful object
            is seldom imaged is because it is extremely faint. My initial
            2 hours of RGB here showed nothing. But I kept at it for a month
            and it was well worth the extra effort. Technical Data: 10"
            f/3.9 Newtonian astrograph, 11h total integration time RRGB.
            Payson, Az.

            
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Instrument:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian with Baader MPCC
Mount:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  ATIK 16200 
Guider: ASI290  w/80mm WO Zenithstar 81 piggyback refractor
Exposure:  11h hours HaRGB
Astronomik  RGB  Baader Ha
Location:  Payson, Arizona, Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 3 arcsec , Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  65 F
CCD Temperature:  -30 C
Image Processing Tools: 
Maxim DL6:  Calibration, PixInsight:  All Remaining processing, Photoshop CS2: Production finishing 

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