Observation by Jay McNeil: IC 5068 in Cygnus

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Paul Downing

Observer

Jay McNeil

Observed

2023 Aug 11 - 00:00

Uploaded

2023 Sep 08 - 08:46

Objects

IC5068

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 20^h50^m
Dec: +42°22'
Position angle: +27°09'

Field size

3°40' × 2°26'

Equipment

Espirit 100ED Super-Apo
ZWO ASI6200mm pro
ZWO narrowband/RGB filters and OAG-L

Exposure

6 x 120sec RGB, 16 x 900sec HA, 24 x 900sec O3 and 20 x 900sec S2

Location

Reidland, Kentucky, USA

Target name

IC 5068

Title

IC 5068 in Cygnus

About this image

This is an intense star-formation region known as IC 5068 in the constellation Cygnus. I used narrowband filters and the Hubble palette. Sulfur atoms are shown here as red, Hydrogen-alpha emission as green) and double-ionized Oxygen as blue). The use of these filters allows one to analyze the distribution of chemical elements throughout our galaxy. The full uncropped image is at https://www.astrobin.com/full/u88no1/0/

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