Observation by Steve Knight: Cygnus Rift

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Steve Knight

Observer

Steve Knight

Observed

2018 May 20 - 00:00

Uploaded

2018 May 20 - 17:03

Objects

The Milky Way
Deneb
Widefield

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 20^h08^m
Dec: +36°47'
Position angle: -52°11'

Field size

74° × 52°

Equipment

Modified Canon 550D
CLS Filter
Astrotrac
Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens

Exposure

x13 2 minute exposures (at ISO 1600)

Location

Rollright Stones

Target name

Cygnus Rift

Title

Cygnus Rift

About this image

Taken during an observing session organised by Chipping Norton Amateur Astronomy Group at Rollright Stones. My 14th image has International Space Station passing through field of view. Too many DSO's in this image to list. Processed in DSS, Pixinsight & Faststone.

Files associated with this observation

Autosave001_ABE_ABE faststoned cropped and sharpened compressed.jpg (1.8 MB)

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