Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6914
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NGC6914 and surroundings, alistairmac
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NGC6914 and surroundings

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NGC6914 and surroundings

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A colourful area of Cygnus located approx 6000LY away and first discovered almost exactly 140 years ago to the day by one Edouard Stephan. This region contains red hydrogen emission nebulae, blue reflection nebulae (VdB131/132) , dust and plenty more. 
This is LHRGB, with H combined with the L and R channels. Taken between 2nd and 6th August from PixelSkies in Spain, this is 50x300” L, 30x180” each of RGB and 19x600” Ha. 
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