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Gamma Cygni Region Propeller Nebula and Surroundings in H-Alpha, Terry Hancock

Gamma Cygni Region Propeller Nebula and Surroundings in H-Alpha

Gamma Cygni Region Propeller Nebula and Surroundings in H-Alpha, Terry Hancock

Gamma Cygni Region Propeller Nebula and Surroundings in H-Alpha

Description

Pictured here is another part of the diffuse emission Nebula Gamma Cygni, upper left is DWB-111 or otherwise known as The Propeller Nebula rich with Hydrogen-alpha (Ha) the signature wavelength of interstellar hydrogen gas being ionized by young, hot stars. Upper right is the open cluster NGC6866

Captured from my backyard observatory in Fremont, Michigan May 30 2014 using a QHY11 Monochrome CCD/Takahashi E-180

Total Exposure time 2 hours

Image details

Location: DownUnder Observatory, Fremont MI

Date of Shoot: May 30 2014

H-Alpha 120 min 12 x 10 min bin 1x1

Equipment

QHY11S monochrome CCD cooled to -20C

Takahashi E-180 F2.8 Astrograph

Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition Maxim DL

Stacking and Calibrating: CCDStack

Registration of images in Registar

Post Processing Photoshop CS5



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Gamma Cygni Region Propeller Nebula and Surroundings in H-Alpha, Terry Hancock