NGC 6979
Pickering's Triangle
Emission nebula in Cygnus in HaLRGB
Part of the Veil Nebula complex
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NGC 6979Pickering's TriangleEmission nebula in Cygnus in HaLRGBPart of the Veil Nebula complex |
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Details: |
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| Optics | Celestron 80ED @ f/7.5 , guided with an 8" LX200 Classic @ f/6.3 |
| Mount | LX200 |
| Camera | Starlight Xpress SXV-H9 |
| Filter | Astronomik RGBIIc filters and 13nm Ha filter |
| Exposure | 12 hrs : Ha - 300 min X 10 min, L: 108 in x 4 min, R:108 min x 4, G:108 min x 4, B: 160 min. All binned 1X1 |
| Processing | Acquired in AstroArt3, Sigma combined, DDP , final work in Photoshop7 |
| Date | 08.15.06 - 08.18.06 |
| Location | Elk Grove, CA |
| Notes | Seeing and transparency average. This is the limit of objects I can image well, given my sky conditions. 100% narrowband imaging will be the best for this object from my area. |