Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Extremely wide field
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Cygnus Constellation - Halpha, Awni Hafedh
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Cygnus Constellation - Halpha

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Cygnus Constellation - Halpha

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Aug 2nd, 2016 - Cygnus is a prominent constellation in the summer northern sky. Its name means “the swan” in Latin, and it is also known as the Swan constellation. The major DSO visible in this picture are, North America Nebula (NGC 7000), Sadr region (IC 1318), Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) and Veil Nebula (Western NGC6960 and Eastern NGC6992)

This image was captured with ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool and Rokinon 35mm lens at F/2.0 using Astronomik H-Alpha 12nm filter. I was impressed with the details that I managed to capture, with that said the focus was not that good as well as the whole thing was an experiment to see if this lens is sharp.

There are lots of details in this area and I believe the best way to get all the details is to capture it with 135mm or 85mm lens and then stitch the frames together to create a mosaic.

I've included two versions of the same image, one I tried my best to preserve most of the stars and the second version I tried to remove most of the stars and enhance the nebula, hope you like both.

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Cygnus Constellation - Halpha, Awni Hafedh