Michael A. Stecker
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IC 1318 in Cygnus
An emission nebula of red glowing hydrogen gas near the bright star Gamma Cygnus (aka: Sadr) at the lower left.
Segment IC 1318C is
at the bottom and IC1318B near the
top. IC 1318A is above-right
and out of this field of view.
file: IC1318C- nB180sX20-P2AP130f4d7L-eNh-9122023b2.jpg Photographic Data telescope: Astro-Physics 130 mm (5.1-inch) f/6 triplet refractor focally reduced to f/4.7 (FL= 616 mm)
mount:
ZWO AM5 harmonic/strainwave Mount Guide Settings in Asiair Plus: Calibrate Step: 1,000 ms Dec Duration: 600 ms RA Duration: 400 ms Aggression: 50% for both RA & Dec Exposure time for guiding: 1 second Guiding Gain set at about 300 controller/computer ZWO Asiair Plus via WiFi to Samsung S7+ tablet . imaging camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Duo one-shot color astro-camera with guide sensor cooled to 14-degrees F with Optolong L-eNhanced nebular filter guiding: Mini 220 guide sensor on ZWO ASI 2600MC Duo camera . exposures: 180 seconds X 20 (60-minutes)
processing
Stacked in Asiair Plus and cropped and post-processed in Adobe Photoshop Elements . photographic site: West Los Angeles http://mstecker.com/pages/chhouses_fp.htm (Bortle 9 light polluted sky) |