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This third and final fist night out image from the new observatory in Happy Jack reveals a whealth of nebulosity around the star Gamma Cygni, now slowly slipping in to the western sky. Just to the left of the central star Gamma is the "Butterfly Nebula" known as IC1318.

Processing: Vignette removed with PWpro 3, two images scanned and stacked by inverting and combining with "filter" in PW as well. Final contrast and defect removal in PS7, and application of Minimum filter at 50% to reduce star sizes.

Instrument:  8" f/1.5 Celestron Schmidt Camera
Platform:  Homemade GEM
Film:  Kodak PJ400
CCD Autoguider: None
Exposure:  2x8mins
Filters:  UV
Location:  Happy Jack, Arizona
Elevation:  6800 ft.
Sky:  Seeing 8/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  -15 C
Processing: Photoshop, PW Pro.

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