Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Vulpecula (Vul)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6820  ·  NGC 6823  ·  PK059-00.1  ·  PK059-00.2  ·  Sh2-86
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Sharpless 2-86 (NGC6820 and NGC6823), Frederick Steiling
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Sharpless 2-86 (NGC6820 and NGC6823)

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Sharpless 2-86 (NGC6820 and NGC6823), Frederick Steiling
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Sharpless 2-86 (NGC6820 and NGC6823)

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NGC6820 is an emission nebula in Vulpecula near the Dumbbell Nebula (M27). NGC6823 is the small open cluster in the center of this image, the center of which was used for the target coordinates during imaging. This region is also cataloged as Sharpless 2-86.

Data here was acquired in Aug2015 from a Bortle 4 site over the course of 2 nights. I had to endure quite a few field adjustments with the scope and camera, and was fortunate to pull out enough data to put together this image.

Ha combination was performed with the NBRGB Comination Script in PixInsight using an Ha scale of 4.0 to provide the rich red highlights here. Ha was used as the Luminance as well.

I'm posting this a bit late because I didn't realize I hadn't uploaded it! Posting now because it was my first HaRGB image and will serve as a personal benchmark for future attempts.

More info: https://fuzzy.photos/astrophotos/28-sh2-86-ngc6820-ngc6823

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Sharpless 2-86 (NGC6820 and NGC6823), Frederick Steiling