IC1318 | The Butterfly Nebula (Tom Hitchen)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: 37 Cyg) · 37 gam Cyg · B347 · HD193322 · HD194193 · LBN 234 · LBN 240 · LBN 241 · LBN 245 · LBN 248 · LBN 249 · LBN 253 · LBN 257 · LBN 261 · LBN 267 · LDN 881 · LDN 882 · LDN 883 · LDN 886 · LDN 888 · LDN 889 · NGC 6910 · PK078+00.1 · PK079+00.1 · Sadr · Sh2-108 · The star Sadr (γ Cyg · VdB130

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IC1318 | The Butterfly Nebula

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IC1318 | The Butterfly Nebula

So this week there’s been a little heatwave but it’s only been clear for one night where I live, and so I decided to image the Butterfly Nebula as it’s such a bright object. And the nights are also getting longer so I managed to get 5+ hours in one night.

I also noticed the advantages of having a cooled camera, being able to go to -10c where my DSLR would be in the high 20’s, and the resulting image turned out a lot cleaner than I’m used to from my DSLR.

I'm also impressed by the Antlia ALP-Ts halo performance on Sadr, and although there is a small and faint one, it's a lot less noticible than with my L-eNhance.

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Antlia ALP-T 5nm Dual Narrowband Filter
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RA (center)	20h24m04s.46
RA (top/left)	20h17m24s.23
RA (top/right)	20h17m40s.60
RA (bottom/right)	20h30m30s.18
RA (bottom/left)	20h30m42s.79

Dec (center)	+40°36′06″.0
Dec (top/left)	+41°49′34″.6
Dec (top/right)	+39°20′50″.6
Dec (bottom/right)	+39°21′11″.7
Dec (bottom/left)	+41°49′56″.9

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