Observation by Kevin Gurney: Milky way in Cygnus

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Kevin Gurney

Observer

Kevin Gurney

Observed

2018 May 18 - 14:49

Uploaded

2018 Aug 02 - 14:59

Objects

The Milky Way
Sadr

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 20^h17^m
Dec: +38°08'
Position angle: -19°34'

Field size

6°34' × 4°23'

Equipment

Canon EF 200mm L II USM
Canon 600D modified
Astrotrac TT320X-AG
PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, BackyardEOS

Exposure

20 x 60s at f5.6

Location

Culloden camp site, Nr Inverness

Target name

Sadr and surrounding milky way

Title

Milky way in Cygnus

About this image

I try to never go camping without some kind of astro gear... Having to travel light(er) this time, I took the DSLR, 200mm lens and the astrotrac mount. The milky way makes a great subject with this wide field rig. The area shown includes:

Milky way around gamma Cyg (Sadr), crescent nebula, M29 and Ha regions around Sadr itself (curiously lacking catalogue numbers...?).

The sky was not that dark - not because this site isn't remote, but because at this time of year, and this far north, it never really gets dark at all. Further north still, and in June, the 'night' was simply a continual twilight. Nevertheless, there was just enough darkness here, that something worthwhile emerged after some processing.

Files associated with this observation

light_BINNING_1_integration_ABEproc2bXnview.jpg (1.3 MB)

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Mr Leonard Entwisle, Jeremy Shears, Graham Winstanley, Andy Wilson, Callum Potter, Peter Carson

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