Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)
V 1331 Cygni, Derek Santiago
V 1331 Cygni
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Variable star V1331 Cyg in the upper left highlights this interesting area, which sits in a dense Cygnus starfield. It is a young mag 12 star which is partly encircled by a an unusual yellow reflection nebulae, an arc of dust irradiated by the star that created it. It sits at the tip of a finger of dark nebula, LDN 981. It is 2600 light years distant. The prominent blue star is Mag 5 HIP 103530 which appears to have some associated reflection as well.

Luminance Data:

Imaging Camera: QSI640wsg

Imaging Scope: Celestron 9.25"Edge HD at f/7

Guide Camera: SX Lodestarx2

Mount: Avalon M-Uno Fast Reverse

Filters: Astrodon Gen II LRGB

Exposure: 3 hours luminance, 180 second subs

Capture: APT

Processing: CCD Stack and PS CC

Date: 6/21/20

Sky conditions: Below average seeing, bortle white skies, SQM 17.8 mag/arc-sec2

Location: My front driveway. Morristown, NJ

Color Data:

Imaging camera: QSI 540 wsg.

Imaging Scope: Tak FSQ85

Mount: Avalon M Uno

Filters: Astrodon Gen II LRGB

Exposure: 6 hours Luminance (5 minute subs) 60 minutes each RGB (5 minute subs).Bin x 1

Processing: CCD stack and Photoshop CS2

Dates: 7/16/17 and 6/15/19

Location: My front driveway, Morristown, NJ

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V 1331 Cygni, Derek Santiago

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