IC5068

IC5068 Nebula in Emission-Line

IC5068

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Object Info

Type

Nebula

Constellation

Cygnus

Distance

1,800 ly

Capture Details

Date

September 19, 2009

Location

Palomar Mountain, CA

Exposure

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

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi FS-60C Refractor

Focal Length

290mm @f/4.8

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm SII, Ha, OIII

Software

MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop