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The Butterfly Nebula in Emission-Line
IC1318
Object
Type Nebula
Constellation Cygnus
Distance 5,000 ly
More Info
Image
Date 18 May 2009 (Spring)
Place Joshua Tree, CA
Exposure Data Ha 90 mins @ -5C
Ha 9x10 (bin 1x1)
Notes
Equipment
Optics Takahashi MT200 Newtonian
Focal Length 1200mm @f/6
Mount Astro-Physics 900GTO
Camera SBIG ST-2000XM
Focuser TAK MEF-1
Filters CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm Ha
Software CCD Commander, MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop