The Cygnus Loop - 2 panel mosaic - NGC6960 to NGC6992 (Derek Mellor)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: 52 Cyg · IC 1340 · LBN 191 · LDN 868 · NGC 6960 · NGC 6974 · NGC 6979 · NGC 6992 · NGC 6995 · Sh2-103 · The star 52 Cyg · Veil Nebula

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The Cygnus Loop - 2 panel mosaic - NGC6960 to NGC6992

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The Cygnus Loop - 2 panel mosaic - NGC6960 to NGC6992

Two panel mosaic approximately 21hrs left hand panel and 8 hrs right hand panel. It would be good to equalize the acquisition times for the two panels but weather is always the deciding factor. I processed the mosaic in Pixinsight and was pretty happy with the result. Pixel peepers may be able to see the difference in background noise between the two panels but I was quite impressed with PI's capabilities in assembling this mosaic. I will try to gather more date on the rh panel but this image turned out ok for me. SHO type pallet with "power of inverted pixel" combination of the three filters. The image is 2X drizzle integrated, so adjust the reported image scale appropriately for true acquisition resolution.

Acquisition details:
2 panel mosaic captured during July 2022

Panel 1 (left hand side, NGC6960) details:
SII 197x2m (6h 34m)
OIII 216x2m (7h 12m)
Ha 207x2m (6h 54m)
Total = 20h 40m

Panel 2 (right hand side, NGC6995) details:
SII 67x2m (2h 14m)
OIII 100x2m (3h 20m)
Ha 93x2m (3h 6m)
Total = 8h 40m

Bortle 6

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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	6039035
PixInsight job	PQOUL5JBB9ATUB9D8NGCHTW8FCVX58XU
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	20h51m44s.17
RA (top/left)	20h44m25s.82
RA (top/right)	20h59m13s.24
RA (bottom/right)	20h59m12s.77
RA (bottom/left)	20h44m04s.47

Dec (center)	+31°12′57″.8
Dec (top/left)	+30°05′37″.10
Dec (top/right)	+30°09′02″.1
Dec (bottom/right)	+32°18′49″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	+32°15′14″.6

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