Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 1340  ·  IC 5068  ·  IC 5070  ·  NGC 6960  ·  NGC 6992  ·  NGC 7000  ·  North America Nebula  ·  Part of the constellation Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Pelican Nebula  ·  The star 31Cyg  ·  The star 32Cyg  ·  The star Deneb (αCyg)  ·  The star Gienah (εCyg)  ·  The star Sadr (γCyg)  ·  The star δCyg  ·  The star ζCyg  ·  The star ηCyg  ·  The star ξCyg  ·  The star τCyg  ·  Veil Nebula

Image of the day 06/02/2020

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    Cygnus widefield in narrowband, alexbb
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    Cygnus widefield in narrowband

    Image of the day 06/02/2020

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      Cygnus widefield in narrowband, alexbb
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      Cygnus widefield in narrowband

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      This is a "crowded" area of our Milky Way galaxy, visible all summer from the northern hemisphere. The Cygnus constellation is home of many named and nameless nebulae.

      Starting from the left (North), below the brightest star, Deneb, the Pelican and the North America Nebulae are very popular; going to right, just below the brightest star close to the center of the image, Sadr, lies the Gamma Cygni Nebula. A bit towards the top-right there's the Crescent Nebula and going forward top-right, there's the Tulip Nebula. Finally, at the bottom-right corner, the Veil Nebula, a super nova remnant.

      All these are surrounded by shiny gaseous filaments or dusty patches blocking the light.

      I started this during the pandemic lockdown. All of the data was captured from my hometown from a balcony brightly lit by a sodium street lamp, but the narrowband filters did their job well, blocking successfully the sodium emission.

      A total of 23 hours is made of 2x3 panels composed in a larger mosaic, each panel consisting in about 1h of exposure for the red Hydrogen and 3h of exposure for the cyan Oxigen.

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