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 7, 2013

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

Ha 15x20 (bin 2x2)

Notes

Image scale of 1.2 arcsec/pix

Equipment

Optics

DSI RC10C Corrected RC Astrograph

Focal Length

1867mm @f/7.3

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

QSI 683wsg-8

Focuser

Built-in Secondary Focuser

Filters

Astrodon 3nm Ha

Software

Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop