Image of the day 07/14/2016

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Butterfly Nebula, IC1318 Mosaic, rflinn68

Butterfly Nebula, IC1318 Mosaic

Image of the day 07/14/2016

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Butterfly Nebula, IC1318 Mosaic, rflinn68

Butterfly Nebula, IC1318 Mosaic

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Description

This is 4 panels, each with 18 H-alpha subs of 1200 seconds each.

Shot whenever the sky allowed on nights of June 18th, 19th, 22nd, 23rd, 26th, 28th, 29th, and July 2nd and 6th. I only had a couple nights to knock out a bunch of it, the rest was shot here and there between clouds and before getting shut down by fog. Almost all was shot in 100% humidity. Panel 3, which is at top left now after rotating the image, was all shot the night of full moon. I was surprised how well things blended together considering the wide variety of conditions and darkness.

Revision B is a starless version. I may come back to this later and try to get some color if I can get my camera oriented correctly. I pulled the camera today because I'm getting a new scope tomorrow. If things go well maybe I can get it lined out and ready to use in a few days. :-)

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Revisions

    Butterfly Nebula, IC1318 Mosaic, rflinn68
    Original
    Butterfly Nebula, IC1318 Mosaic, rflinn68
    B
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    C
  • Final
    Butterfly Nebula, IC1318 Mosaic, rflinn68
    D

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Butterfly Nebula, IC1318 Mosaic, rflinn68