The Waves of Cygnus (Pablo Petit)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: 54 Cyg · 65 Cyg · 67 Cyg · Piazzi's Flying Star (61 Cyg B) · The star 61 Cyg A · The star Bessel's Star · The star λ Cyg · The star σ Cyg · The star τ Cyg

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The Waves of Cygnus

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The Waves of Cygnus

A few days ago, I was looking at some large mosaics of Cygnus when I noticed this particular region.
Being on Astrobin for a few years now, I expected every piece of the sky to be already photographed in detail by amateurs.
But I don't remember seeing a picture of this particular nebula, I don't know if it even has a name.
So after finding a nice framing, I decided it was worth spending some time on it.

While at first I was thinking of doing it in SHO, I quickly change my mind after the first night.
The signal in Sulfur was extremely weak and I don't wanted to risk a clear night on Oxygen for nothing.
So instead, I added 5h on top of the 5h I already had on Hydrogen and spent the rest of the night capturing color for the stars.

After rejecting a few frames because of bad guiding and a failed autofocus, I've ended up with 7h of Ha and 30 minutes
for each filter in RGB.

I have to say that I'm pretty pleased with the result, I hope you will like it too.

Clear skies

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