Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Blinking planetary  ·  NGC 6826
NGC 6826 - The Blinking Nebula, Steve Rosenow
NGC 6826 - The Blinking Nebula
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NGC 6826 - The Blinking Nebula

NGC 6826 - The Blinking Nebula, Steve Rosenow
NGC 6826 - The Blinking Nebula
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NGC 6826 - The Blinking Nebula

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For nearly three years, I swore I would never do any deep sky photography during periods of intense moonlight - simply because I didn't think it was really possible to catch the selected target and acquire enough raw data to have a usable image. Well, last night sure proved me wrong!!

Last night, I took the telescope out mainly to shoot the moon. In the process, I had a fit of curiosity, and wondered if I could do any deep sky stuff. Sure enough, test exposures on the Dumbbell Nebula were showing a lot of nebulosity despite a 97% illuminated moon.

At that point, I set my sights on the Blinking Planetary nebula in Cygnus, and went to town. I am very pleased with the results after processing!!!

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NGC 6826 - The Blinking Nebula, Steve Rosenow