IC 1318 Gamma Cygni Nebula (Butterfly Nebula)

 

Luminance - Halpha Blend / (Red - Halpha Blend, Green, Blue Image)

 

IC 1318 Gamma Cygni Nebula

 

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Object: IC 1318 Gamma Cygni Nebula- Constellation Cygnus

Distance: 3700 light years

Date Imaged: Aug 14 through Sept 10, 2019

Date Image Processed: December 2019

Telescope: Takahashi TSA 102 with Takahashi Reducer, PDF Focuser

Focal Length: 590mm

Camera: SBIG STT 8300M, FW8G-STT, Operating at -30 deg C sensor temperature

Resolution: 1.89 arcsec/pixel

Exposures: 57.2 hours total duration

40 Luminance - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

25 Red - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

25 Green - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

26 Blue - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

26 H-Alpha - 30 Minute Images binned 1x1

25 O-III - 30 Minute Images binned 1x1

25 S-II - 30 Minute Images binned 1x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

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