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The Cygnus butterfly nebula - IC 1318, Simon
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The Cygnus butterfly nebula - IC 1318

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I managed to get 56 subs at 5 minutes long each, over two nights, using my DSLR and my 3" triplet refractor. There was a lot of moon and high wispy cloud, and so the vast majority of the subs were below my hopes - only about 12 were good. Nevertheless I stacked and processed them, and I am pleased with the result of this nebula, one that I have never imaged before.

I also have an issue with my camera at the moment and I keep having to crop out the area where the error appears. Alas I had got M29 in the frame too on the original subs, but according to the solver it is not on this the final image - because of the cropping.

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The Cygnus butterfly nebula - IC 1318, Simon