Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Filamentary nebula  ·  IC 1311  ·  IC 1318  ·  IC 1340  ·  IC 4954  ·  IC 5068  ·  IC 5070  ·  Lace-work nebula  ·  NGC 6940  ·  NGC 6960  ·  NGC 6992  ·  NGC 7000  ·  NGC 7039  ·  NGC 7082  ·  Network nebula  ·  North America nebula  ·  Part of the constellation Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Pelican nebula  ·  The star 31Cyg  ·  The star 32Cyg  ·  The star Deneb (αCyg)  ·  The star Gienah (εCyg)  ·  The star Sadr (γCyg)  ·  The star δCyg  ·  The star ζCyg  ·  The star ηCyg  ·  The star ξCyg  ·  The star τCyg  ·  Veil nebula  ·  gamma Cyg nebula

Image of the day 11/28/2017

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    Cygnus Region – Super-Wide-Field Mosaic, DeepSkyView
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    Cygnus Region – Super-Wide-Field Mosaic

    Image of the day 11/28/2017

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      Cygnus Region – Super-Wide-Field Mosaic, DeepSkyView
      Cygnus Region – Super-Wide-Field Mosaic
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      Cygnus Region – Super-Wide-Field Mosaic

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      This is a major part of the constellation Cygnus, including Deneb and Sadr as main stars, covering a field of about 20 by 20 degrees. This image focusses on the rich H-alpha nebulosity in this region. In contains some of the famous emission nebulae, e.g. the North America Nebula, the Pelican Nebula, the Crescent Nebula, and the Veil Complex. However, what I find even more exciting is the sheer mass of nebulosity that covers the whole field with dramatic ripples and dark lanes. Make sure to zoom in as far as you can to really see the amazing detail in this image.

      This is a 5 x 7 mosaic (35 panels) obtained with the Samyang 135mm lens and the ATIK 460ex camera using the 3.5nm Baader H-alpha filter. Nine panels were from an earlier imaging run, the rest was taken from the light-polluted skies of my backyard.

      Processing was rather easy, thanks to the MosaicByCoordinates and GradientMergeMosaic tools of PixInsight. The file at full resolution – more than 100 mega-pixels – is getting a bit large, so this a 50% resampled version. In addition there is an annotated version B, including all the Sharpless, NGC, and IC objects in this region.

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      Description: with full annotation including Sharpless Catalog

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