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I agreeImaging telescopes or lenses:Tele Vue NP 101
Imaging cameras:Atik One
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Tele Vue NP 101
Guiding cameras:Atik GP
Software:Main Sequence Software SequenceGeneratorPro , PixInsight
Filters:OIII 3nm , Astrodon Ha 5mm , SII 3nm
Dates:Oct. 19, 2016
Frames: 12x1800"
Integration: 6.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 18.60 days
Avg. Moon phase: 84.25%
Astrometry.net job: 1294541
RA center: 21h 42' 21"
DEC center: +44° 32' 49"
Pixel scale: 1.717 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 182.180 degrees
Field radius: 0.710 degrees
Resolution: 2388x1776
I like imaging faint, obscure nebulas .. and this one fits the bill! No pictures of it in Astrobin (until now). This faint region is located in the northwestern edge of Cygnus and is located approximately 12,000 light years away (according to the current best guesses).
This image is 6 hours of Ha, plus 45 minutes each of Oiii and Sii for star color. As much an experiment on star color as an attempt to image the target. The star colors are terrible and I'm going to need to re-think my approach, or leave it monochrome.
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