IC1318

The Butterfly Nebula in Emission-Line

IC1318

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Object Info

Type

Nebula

Constellation

Cygnus

Distance

5,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

September 6, 2007

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

Ha 8x15 (bin 1x1)

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi FS-60C Refractor

Focal Length

354mm @f/5.9

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm Ha

Software

CCD Commander, Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop