IC1318

The Butterfly Nebula in Emission-Line

IC1318

Click to display the full resolution

Object Info

Type

Nebula

Constellation

Cygnus

Distance

5,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

June 8, 2018

Location

Palomar Mountain, CA

Exposure

Ha 8x15 (bin 1x1)

Equipment

Optics

DSI RC10C Corrected RC Astrograph

Focal Length

1867mm @f/7.3

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

FLI ML-16200

Focuser

Built-in Secondary Focuser

Filters

FLI CFW2-7, Astrodon 3nm Ha

Software

Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop