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Michael A. Stecker
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 NGC 6826 NGC 6826, also known as the "Blinking Planetary", sits in the constellation Cygnus, roughly 2,100 light-years from Earth. This cropped image is a joint projectof JamesFoster andMichael Stecker using my Celestron11-inch Schmidt Cassegrain telescope at f/7.5 with a monochrome camera shot through Hydrogen-alpha (448 min), Oxygen-III (120 min), Red (45 min, Green (53 min) and Blue (53 min)for a total of 719-minutes or 11.9 hours. file: NGC6826-HAOIIIRGB2-arcr2a.jpg Click here for full resolution image Photographic Data Date: July, 2026 Telescope: Celestron C11 11-inch Schmidt Cassegrain telescope at f/7.5 Mount: ZWO AM7 harmonic mount Guidimg: Off-axis Imaging camera: ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro monochrome camera Exposures: Monochrome camera shot through Hydrogen-alpha (448 min), Oxygen-III (120 min), Red (45 min), Green (53 min), Blue (53 min) for a total of 719-minutes or 11.9 hours. Photographic site: James Foster Observatory at Pinon Pines Estates (Frazier Park, CA) Bortle 4 at 5,500 feet elevation *********************************  NGC 6826 Same as above, but less cropped file: NGC6826-HAOIIIRGB2-a4cr.jpg Click here for full resolution image ********************************************  NGC 6826 -- increased color saturation version file: NGC6826-HAOIIIRGB2-a4cr2acsat.jpg Click here for full rersolution image |