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Observation by Jonathon Elliott: The Flying Dragon

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Jonathon Elliott

Observer

Jonathon Elliott

Observed

2024 Oct 16 - 21:30

Uploaded

2024 Nov 26 - 15:35

Objects

Sharpless 114

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 21h21m
Dec: +38°42'
Position angle: +90°17'

Field size

1°54' × 1°11'

Equipment
  • Sharpstar PH-140 at 670mm focal length
  • 2600mm camera
  • EQ6-RPRO Stella Ultra Mount
  • Antlia 3nm Ha, Sii and RGB filters
Exposure

65 hours Ha, Sii and RGB combined

Location

Gloucester Bortle 6

Target name

The Flying Dragon

Title

The Flying Dragon

About this image

The Flying Dragon in Cygnus, I captured this very faint target over several weeks in October.

I used my Sharpstar PH-140 Refractor and mono camera 2600mm. I captured around 65 hours of data, made up from 5 minute exposures. Ha and Sii the stars were from RGB data. Special Thanks to Gary Palmer in his assistance in processing this image.

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Comments
Simon Paul Davis
Simon Paul Davis, 2024 Nov 26 - 15:44 UTC

This is a fantastic observation on a very faint target. It is on my list for next year. Well done!

Grant Privett
Grant Privett, 2024 Nov 26 - 16:13 UTC

Thats rather nice. What field of view do you have with that setup?

Jonathon Elliott
Jonathon Elliott, 2024 Nov 26 - 16:28 UTC

With the reducer/flattner with this scope I have 670mm at F4.8 combined with the 2600mm camera it worked well on this target..

Grant Privett
Grant Privett, 2024 Nov 26 - 17:08 UTC

I see its now been platesolved: 1°54' × 1°11'

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