Observation by Don Taylor: Sharpless 119 and North American Nebula,...

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Observer

Don Taylor

Observed

2011 Nov 13 - 14:39

Uploaded

2011 Nov 13 - 14:39

Objects

Sharpless 119

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 21^h08^m
Dec: +44°21'
Position angle: -177°39'

Field size

5°11' × 3°25'

Title

Sharpless 119 and North American Nebula, by Don Taylor

About this image

This narrowband image of the area around the North American nebula was taken from Huntsville, Texas by Houston astro-photographer Don Taylor. Don used a Takahashi FSQ-106 at f/3.6 and an SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera. Exposure was 100 minutes each of HA (5nm), SII and OIII, with the SII and OIII components binned 2x2.

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