Prominent in this image is the sub-region Gamma Cygni Nebula IC1318A (upper left) of the larger formation known as the Gamma Cygni Region (IC1318, or the Sadr Region). Gamma Cygni (lower left corner), the namesake star of the constellation of Cygnus the Swan. Very young for a star, at just 12 million years old, Gamma Cygni is a supergiant and extremely bright. At a distance of 1,800 light-years, this young star easily outshines the vast majority of stars that are very close to the earth. In the study and classification of stars, Gamma Cygni served as an invaluable point of reference in contrast to other stars, allowing early astrophysicists the ability to develop an understanding ofstellar evolution and a codified system of classifying all stars.
Captured from my backyard observatory in Fremont, Michigan May 29 2014 using a QHY11 Monochrome CCD/Takahashi E-180
Total Exposure time 2 hours
Image details
Location: DownUnder Observatory, Fremont MI
Date of Shoot: May 29 2014
H-Alpha 120 min 12 x 10 min bin 1x1
Equipment
QHY11S monochrome CCD cooled to -20C
Takahashi E-180 F2.8 Astrograph
Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount
Image Acquisition Maxim DL
Stacking and Calibrating: CCDStack
Registration of images in Registar
Post Processing Photoshop CS5
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