NGC 6995, IC340 The Bat Nebula in Cygnus (Mike Dobres)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: HD335330 · IC 1340 · NGC 6995 · Veil nebula

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NGC 6995, IC340 The Bat Nebula in Cygnus

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Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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NGC 6995, IC340 The Bat Nebula in Cygnus

Revision title: Brightened

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

Second attempt at this supernova remnant in Cygnus 1,500 light years from my backyard. This time with the L eXtreme filter. What a difference! Also helped by a new moon and crystal clear skies - at least until the clouds rolled in. Was planning on getting and hour on this, but pretty pleased with this after 20 mins.

Captured with my 14" Dobson, with no guiding. Just the occasional plate solve every 5 mins to recenter the target. Tough because the image barely fits in my field of view. Fortunately, very little cropping required during processing. Stacked as a Livestack in Sharpcap, then processed the FITS file in Startools, and further enhanced in Lightroom. No star extraction or separate treatment of stars and nebulosity needed.

Revised in LRC - increased exposure, black clipping and luminance smoothing. I think this version kicks a bit more.

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RA (center)	20h56m47s.54
RA (top/left)	20h57m52s.28
RA (top/right)	20h57m44s.96
RA (bottom/right)	20h55m42s.16
RA (bottom/left)	20h55m50s.74

Dec (center)	+31°08′56″.0
Dec (top/left)	+30°50′12″.0
Dec (top/right)	+31°28′44″.2
Dec (bottom/right)	+31°27′34″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	+30°49′05″.9

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