Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Vulpecula (Vul)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6823
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NGC 6820 & 6823 widefield (H+ RGB), rhedden
NGC 6820 & 6823 widefield (H+ RGB)
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NGC 6820 & 6823 widefield (H+ RGB)

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NGC 6820 & 6823 widefield (H+ RGB), rhedden
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NGC 6820 & 6823 widefield (H+ RGB)

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Description

NGC 6823 is an open star cluster in the constellation Vulpecula, which is associated with the nebula NGC 6820.  The nebula is embedded in the larger H-alpha emission region Sharpless 2-86. 

This image has green & blue filter data from a Bortle 2 dark site, plus H-alpha data mostly from home as luminance.

I wish I could have collected more data on this target, but the forest fire smoke is not helping with integration time this summer.

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  • NGC 6820 & 6823 widefield (H+ RGB), rhedden
    Original
  • NGC 6820 & 6823 widefield (H+ RGB), rhedden
    B
  • Final
    NGC 6820 & 6823 widefield (H+ RGB), rhedden
    C

B

Description: Curves needed a slight adjustment; I think the original was a bit too dark.

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C

Description: New revision with RGB color instead of HGB. Something was seriously wrong with the color in the first two versions, as there were colorless halos around many of the white stars.

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NGC 6820 & 6823 widefield (H+ RGB), rhedden