Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 5068  ·  LBN 320  ·  LBN 327  ·  LBN 328  ·  LBN 329  ·  LBN 332  ·  LBN 342
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IC 5068, Jeff Ridder
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IC 5068

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IC 5068

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IC5068 is located in Cygnus approximately 1600 light years away. It often gets overlooked due to its close proximity to its more famous neighbors, the North American and Pelican nebulae. Its rich texture and broad strokes of whispy dark dust put it on my "must image" list.

This image contains about 13 hours of narrowband exposure time to capture the details of the bright emission nebula and dark dust lanes. I added another 2 hours of wideband exposures to capture the natural color of the stars.

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IC 5068, Jeff Ridder