A Tulip, a Dolphin, and a Shell? (Mike Hamende)

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A Tulip, a Dolphin, and a Shell?

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I had originally only intended to frame SH2-101 also known as the Tulip and SH2-104 (I'll coin it the Oyster Shell) only after integration did I see that I also got WR-134 (The Dolphin). You can point your telescope just about anywhere in Cygnus and get a cool image.

I got my fried HEQ5 back from skywatcher and it works good as new. I was able to run two rigs for a few nights and I'm also experimenting with a vintage lens that I've 'modernized'. Good fun all around.

I had quite a bit of difficulty with noise in the Oiii, I'm hoping I've tamed it enough for a reasonable image. I was planning to capture an entire extra night just for Oiii and Sii but, you know, weather. Anyway I slept on this one before uploading to make sure I actually like it and I think I still do. Well, I like it if I look at it on the right monitor, one of my monitors seems to over-saturate it and the other ones wash it out. Hopefully your monitor gets it just right

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RA (center)	20h08m13s.65
RA (top/left)	20h19m55s.71
RA (top/right)	19h57m31s.96
RA (bottom/right)	19h56m52s.90
RA (bottom/left)	20h18m27s.55

Dec (center)	+36°10′56″.3
Dec (top/left)	+37°25′45″.4
Dec (top/right)	+37°45′20″.4
Dec (bottom/right)	+34°52′19″.9
Dec (bottom/left)	+34°32′58″.1

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