Imaging telescopes or lenses: Stellarvue SV70T
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts: Orion Atlas Pro AZ/EQ-G
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Stellarvue 50mm Guidescope
Guiding cameras: ASI224MC
Focal reducers: Stellarvue SV70T Focal Reducer
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5.5 · PHD2 · Sequence Generator Pro · PixInsight · SkySafari Pro
Filters: Astrodon Ha 5nm · Astrodon OIII 3nm
Accessory: ZWO 8x 1.25" Filter Wheel (EFW) · QHYCCD PoleMaster · MoonLite CFL 2.5" Large Format Focuser
Dates:June 24, 2020 , July 18, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon Ha 5nm: 401x120" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon OIII 3nm: 377x120" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 25.9 hours
Darks: ~50
Flats: ~50
Bias: ~250
Avg. Moon age: 15.27 days
Avg. Moon phase: 8.74%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 8.00
Astrometry.net job: 4091478
RA center: 19h 28' 29"
DEC center: +32° 42' 21"
Pixel scale: 2.313 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 299.165 degrees
Field radius: 1.768 degrees
Resolution: 4416x3287
Locations: Backyard White Zone Observatory, Taylor, MI, Michigan, United States
Data source: Backyard
Sharpless-96 (Sh2-96) is part of a giant ancient super nova remnant designated G65.3+5.7 located in the constellation Cygnus the Swan approximately 2500 light-years distant. I processed a SHO version this past summer and decided to play with the data processing a more natural HOO version. The stars where processed in SHO and then color shifted to make them look more natural. Even with my short focal length of my Stellarvue SV70T with a reducer, I was still only able to capture part of it. It would require a really short focal length DSLR lens to get the whole super nova structure, which is over four degrees in diameter. This portion, Sh2-96, however is the most interesting part to me. Other parts include designations of Sh2-91 and Sh2-94, which are out of the field of view. Because of how old and dispersed the nebulosity is, it is very faint. I did not pick up any nebulosity in a single sub, so not many attempt it for obvious reasons. I had to really massage the data to get where I wanted it. It reminds me of CTB-1 (Abell 85) meets the Veil Nebula, which makes sense because they are super nova remnants as well.
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