Bright Nebulae - Summer
Cygnus
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NGC 6992/6995, Veil Nebula (eastern part) in Cygnus Magnitude 7.0 - Size 60' x 8' 2005 Sep 19 - FS 60C at f/4.9 - SXV-H9 Ha:O-III = 56:52 min - pseudo LRGB |
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IC 1318B, Butterfly Nebula (part of Gamma Cygni Nebula) Magnitude 14.9 - Size 45' x 30' 2005 Aug 16 - FS 60C at f/4.9 - SXV-H9 H-alpha = 19 x 4 min The brightest and most interesting part of the large gamma Cygni Nebula. |
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IC 1318A (part of Gamma Cygni Nebula) Size 50' x 20' 2005 Aug 16 - FS 60C at f/4.9 - SXV-H9 H-alpha = 15 x 4 min (poor transparency) A less imaged part of the gamma Cygni Nebula located to the northwest of gamma Cygni. |
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NGC 7000 (North America Nebula) in Cygnus 2004 Oct 09/11 - 135 mm f/2.8 lens at f/4 - SXV-H9 H-a:G:B = 80:6:12 min Colour version of image below using H-alpha exposure as red |
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NGC 7000 (North America Nebula) in Cygnus 2004 Oct 09 - 135 mm f/2.8 lens at f/4 - SXV-H9 H-alpha = 80 min |
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Cygnus (NGC 7000, Gamma Cygni area) 2004 Sep 07 - 35 mm f/2.8 lens at f/4 - SXV-H9 H-alpha = 60 min The area around Deneb and Gamma Cygni comprises a wealth of nebulosity. The most conspicuous nebulae are the North America Nebula (NGC 7000) and the Gamma Cygni Nebula (IC 1318). At the lower right corner the Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) is visible. |
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Cygnus Wall, part of NGC 7000 2003 Oct 14 - FFC 3.5/500 - SXV-H9 H-alpha = 42 min This image shows the "Mexican Gulf" region of NGC 7000. The h-alpha filter really excels on this kind of objects cutting away the light pollution. |
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IC 5070 (Pelican Nebula) 2003 Oct 14 - FFC 3.5/500 - SXV-H9 H-alpha = 25 min This intriging nebula is an western extension of the North-America nebula. It is next to impossible to observe this nebula visually but it appears prominent in H-alpha light |
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NGC 6960/6992/6995 (Veil Nebula) 2004 Sep 04 - 135 mm /f/2.8 lens at f/4 - SXV-H9 H-alpha = 46 min - OIII = 54 min - pseudo-RGB: red = Ha; green and blue = OIII Beautiful supernova remnant spanning nearly 3 degrees in the sky. This image shows NGC 6992/6995 (left) and NGC 6960 (right) respectively. |
NGC 6888, The Crescent Nebula in Cygnus
Magnitude 10,0 - Size 20' x 10'
24 Jul 2003 - FFC 3.5/500 - MX516 - H-alpha: 28 min - O-III: 24 min
The bright star near the center is a very hot Wolf-Rayet star. Wolf-Rayet (W-R) stars are supermassive stars at the last stage of their life just before they explode as supernovae or possibly even as hypernovae. Strong stellar winds has blown off the outer parts of the W-R star to create this nebula. Some two hundred W-R stars are known in our galaxy
IC 5146 (Cocoon Nebula) in Cygnus
11 Oct 2003 - C8 @ f/6.3 - SXV-H9 - H-alpha: 40 min
First light image with new Starlight Xpress SXV-H9 camera. Made just one day after Full Moon!
IC 5146 (Cocoon Nebula) in Cygnus
12 Sep 2002 - FFC 3.5/500 - MX516 - lum: 14 min, h-alpha: 26 min - pseudo-rgb
An older image with the FFC