Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 5068
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IC 5068 in Cygnus, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
IC 5068 in Cygnus
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IC 5068 in Cygnus

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IC 5068 in Cygnus, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
IC 5068 in Cygnus
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IC 5068 in Cygnus

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Description

IC 5068 is an emission nebula in Cygnus which is often overlooked because of its brighter and much more prominent neighbors, the North American and the Pelican Nebulae, which belong to the same complex of emission nebulosity.

The nebulosity emits all of its light in isolated emission lines. The most prominent of those are the Hα, OIII, and SII.

Captured by David Wills at PixelSkies, Castillejar, Spain www.pixelskiesastro.com

Ha 69x900Secs

OIII 34x900Secs

SII 31x900Secs

33 hours 30 mins in total.

Equipment used:

Telescope: Takahashi Baby Q FSQ-85ED F5.3

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Pro Mono Cooled to -10C

Image Scale: 2.08

Guiding: OAG

Filters: Astronomik LRGB

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition: Voyager

Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8

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IC 5068 in Cygnus, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)