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Observation by Mike Greenhill-Hooper: Sadr and surrounding Milky Way

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Mike Greenhill-Hooper

Observer

Mike Greenhill-Hooper

Observed

2021 Aug 27 - 21:00

Uploaded

2021 Aug 31 - 15:19

Objects

The Crescent Nebula (NGC6888)

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 20h20m
Dec: +40°07'
Position angle: +90°08'

Field size

7°47' × 5°42'

Equipment
  • 135mm Samyang lens on Atik 383L+ OSC camera
  • piggy-backed on 770/110mm ED refractor with Orion Star Shoot autoguide camera all on SkyWatcher NEQ6Pro
Exposure

All with H-alpha filter: 10x300s unbinned + 8x300s 2x2 binned

Location

Lisse, Lot-et-Garonne, SW France

Target name

Sadr

Title

Sadr and surrounding Milky Way

About this image

Friday night meeting of local astronomy club (Sous Les Etoiles D'Albret).  Nine scopes lined up.  Beautiful clear skies with moon rising around 11:25 local time. Cygnus right overhead.  Decided to use H-alpha filter to avoid moonlight and capture wide-filed view of the Milky Way.  Images calibrated, aligned, stacked and processed in Affinity Photo.  Rather flat tones due to low light capture.

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