Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  18 Cyg)  ·  21 Cyg  ·  31 Cyg  ·  37 Cyg)  ·  50 Cyg)  ·  53 Cyg)  ·  58 Cyg  ·  62 Cyg  ·  64 Cyg)  ·  65 Cyg  ·  Al Janah (ε Cyg  ·  Arided  ·  Aridif  ·  Arrioph (α Cyg  ·  Fawaris II (δ Cyg  ·  Gienah Cygni  ·  IC 5068  ·  IC 5070  ·  NGC 6960  ·  NGC 6992  ·  NGC 7000  ·  North America Nebula  ·  Part of the constellation Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Pelican Nebula  ·  The star Aljanah  ·  The star Deneb  ·  The star Fawaris  ·  The star Fawaris III (ζ Cyg  ·  The star Sadr (γ Cyg  ·  The star η Cyg  ·  And 5 more.
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Cygnus Skyscape, Alistair Symon
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Cygnus Skyscape, Alistair Symon

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This is an image of the nebulosity around the constellation of Cygnus.   It is made up of two mosaics taken at two different focal lengths.  The background is a 2 image mosaic taken with an SBIG STXL-11002 and a Sigma 85mm lens.  The detail of the nebulosity is a 51 image mosaic taken with and SBIG STXL-11002 and a Takahashi FSQ106.  In total 350 hours of data was collected through H-alpha, SII and OIII filters.

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Cygnus Skyscape, Alistair Symon