IC1318

The Butterfly Nebula in Emission-Line

Object Info

Type

Nebula

Constellation

Cygnus

Distance

5,000 ly

Date

July 14, 2006

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

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

Notes

Ha also used as the Luminance layer

Optics

Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor

Focal Length

530mm @f/5

Mount

Celestron CGE

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm Ha, OIII

Software

MaxIm DL 4, Photoshop cs