Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  HD192731  ·  HD192868  ·  HD192911
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Simeis 57, the Propeller Nebula, SHO, Stephen Garretson
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Simeis 57, the Propeller Nebula, SHO

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Simeis 57, the Propeller Nebula, SHO, Stephen Garretson
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Simeis 57, the Propeller Nebula, SHO

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e's the Propeller Nebula, AKA Simeis 57, in Cygnus, in SHO. I was puzzled by how te colors emerged with this and experimented quite a bit, but these colors are found in many of those renderings in Astrobin, so...ok.

[24] guided 600s Ha subs
[12] guided 600s OIII subs
[12] guided 600s SII subs
total integration: 8 hours

capture:
William Optics FLT 132 APO w/ William Optics 0.8x r/f [~740 mm effective focal length at f/5.6]
ASI 533MM
ASI EFW
Baader 3.5nm Ha filter
Chroma 3nm OIII filter
Baader 4.5nm SII filter
MicroTouch focus motor

guiding:
William Optics RedCat f/4.9 Petzval Astrograph
ASI 290M Mini

Paramount MX+
from the Beevo Dome

TheSkyX, PHD2, SGP
PixInsight, Mac OS Photos, Preview

...Stephen

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Simeis 57, the Propeller Nebula, SHO, Stephen Garretson

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