Wolf Rayet 134 Ring Nebula in Cygnus (Jonathan W MacCollum)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: NGC 6883

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Wolf Rayet 134 Ring Nebula in Cygnus

Link: https://www.darkflats.com/Deep-Sky/wr134/

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Wolf Rayet 134 Ring Nebula in Cygnus

Link: https://www.darkflats.com/Deep-Sky/wr134/

This summer I took some extra time to take a second attempt at imaging the Wolf Rayet nebula in Cygnus, one of my favorite Oxygen targets in the summer sky. This blue shell of oxygen is illuminated by the a surge of solar radiation and wind from the WR134 variable star. Most of the oxygen in this area of the Milky Way is soft and dispersed so I am always intrigued when there are more dynamic factors that push these gases around to form interesting arc-like and circular shapes with sharp edges. As a favorite, I'm sure I'll be revisiting this region many more times to come.

Full Acquisition and Processing Details [Here](https://www.darkflats.com/Deep-Sky/wr134/)

## Acquisition
All data was taken from my Bortle 4 backyard over 11 nights between June 17th and September 03rd
* Data Acquired using [N.I.N.A](https://nighttime-imaging.eu)'s Advanced Sequencer and Guided with [PHD2](https://openphdguiding.org/)

Total integration time: **28hr 21m**

## Equipment:
* Orion 8in F4.9 1000mm Newtonian Reflector
   * Flocked / Primary mirror replaced due to turned-down-edge
* Sky-Watcher F4 Aplanatic Coma Corrector
* Orion Atlas Pro
* Moonlite Litecrawler Focuser/Rotator
* QHY268m cooled monochrome camera
* QHYCFW3L - Filter Wheel with mixed set of narrowband and broadband filters
    * Antlia 3nm Ha: 6hr 12m
    * Chroma 3nm Oiii: 6hr 48m
    * Astronomik Deep-Sky RGB: 2hr 03m for each RGB (6hr 09m total)
    * Astronomik 6nm Sii: 5hr 09m
    * Astronomik 6nm Oiii: 4hr 03m
* LattePanda Delta with Windows 10

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RA (center)	20h11m36s.604
RA (top/left)	20h10m09s.898
RA (top/right)	20h07m39s.540
RA (bottom/right)	20h13m01s.583
RA (bottom/left)	20h15m33s.404

Dec (center)	+36°11′56″.45
Dec (top/left)	+36°56′30″.80
Dec (top/right)	+36°12′55″.89
Dec (bottom/right)	+35°27′20″.23
Dec (bottom/left)	+36°10′27″.94

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