B344

Area between Crescent Nebula and Sadr

Object Info

Constellation

Cygnus

Distance

5,000 ly

Date

August 27, 2011

Location

Palomar Mountain, CA

Exposure

SII 6x10 (2x2), Ha 10x15 (1x1), OIII 6x10 (bin 2x2) as RGB

Notes

Bernard 344 is in the lower right portion of the image

Optics

Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor

Focal Length

530mm @f/5

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm SII, 3nm Ha, 6nm OIII

Software

MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop