Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  62 Cyg  ·  The star ξ Cyg
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The Cygnus Wall, Robert Fidler
The Cygnus Wall
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The Cygnus Wall

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The Cygnus Wall, Robert Fidler
The Cygnus Wall
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The Cygnus Wall

Revision title: The Cygnus Wall with new tools

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Cygnus is perhaps my favorite constellation to image in so far.  It is certainly helped by the fact that the nebulosity within is both large and bright, and the constellation reaches high during the months when it is not completely freezing.  This is my first time imaging this target with my new set up, and I was excited to see the detail I could bring out with an extra 400mm of focal length.  My imaging was cut short when heavy fog rolled in, and unfortunately, it decided to stick around for the rest of the night.  So I could only get about a third of the time I wanted on the target.  However, for the time I got, it is far and away the best image I've ever collected of Cygnus.  Additionally, I utilized the star reduction feature in PixInsight with StarNet2, and it really was a night and day difference.  As the summer progresses and I don't have to wait as long for this target to rise up, I'll be adding more data to this image.

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Title: The Cygnus Wall with new tools

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