click here for a 75% size image, 3000x1990 (4480KB)
The luminance image can be found here.
| Optics | TEC 140APO with Flattener at f7.2 |
| Mount | AstroPhysics 900GoTo |
| Camera | STL11000M |
| Filters | Baader LHaRGB |
| Date | September - Dezember 2013 |
| Location | Antares Observatory |
| SQM-L | 20.53mag ± 0.35mag (8 nights, 35 readings) |
| Exposure | LHaRGB = 5.7-5.0-3.3-4.7-3.2 total: 21.8h |
| FWHM | 3.1 arcseconds |
| Programs used | CCDAutoPilot, MaxIm DL, PixInsight, eXcalibrator, Photoshop CS6 |
| Notes |
This relatively dense dark nebula region is located about 6 degrees north of the
North-America Nebula (NGC7000).
Looking more into the details of the image, numerous interesting small objects can be found. One of these objects is
'V1331 Cyg', a T Tauri star that is embedded in a circumstellar and a helix-shaped nebula:
Click on the images below to get 125% resolution images of V1331 Cyg (at the foot of the Star-Wanderer) and LBN408,
LBN409, LBN412, and GN 21.00.7:
