Imaging telescopes or lenses: Samyang 135mm ED UMC F/2
Imaging cameras: Canon EOS 6D
Mounts: AstroTrac TT320X-AG
Software: PixInsight 1.8
Dates:Aug. 21, 2020
Frames: 52x120"
Integration: 1.7 hours
Avg. Moon age: 2.70 days
Avg. Moon phase: 8.02%
Astrometry.net job: 3900469
RA center: 19h 45' 15"
DEC center: +26° 33' 36"
Pixel scale: 10.295 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 2.372 degrees
Field radius: 9.450 degrees
Resolution: 5496x3670
Locations: Sierra de Hornachos, Hornachos, Badajoz, Spain
Data source: Traveller
The Cygnus region is truly a showroom of celestial artwork. We often focus on the very bright North America and Pelican nebulas on its tail, IC1318 and Crescent on its tail or the Veil Bubble under its wing. Here I went for the head, and the border with Vulpecula. The image is crossed diagonally with dark nebulas forming a black river that seem to split the region in two. The top right region contains Albireo and M56. The bottom left region holds the most prominent object in the image, the Dumbbell Nebula (M27). Over the dark river itself, as they were carefully placed just there, bright nebulas NGC6820 and Sh2-88 shine as colorful islands.
135mm, f/2.8, ISO 2000
52x 120s
This image contains the field captured in the "Vulpecula Clouds" photo:
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