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

July 14, 2006

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

SII 4x5 (bin 2x2), Ha 8x15 (bin 1x1), OIII 4x5 (bin 2x2) as RGB

Notes

Ha also used as the Luminance layer

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor

Focal Length

530mm @f/5

Mount

Celestron CGE

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm SII, Ha, OIII

Software

Maxim DL, Photoshop