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

May 18, 2009

Location

Joshua Tree, CA

Exposure

Ha 9x10 (bin 1x1)

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi MT200 Newtonian

Focal Length

1200mm @f/6

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

TAK MEF-1

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm Ha

Software

CCD Commander, MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop