NGC6914 in Cygnus

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Object Description: The bright central reflection with the tracery of dark dust ribbons is desiganted NGC6914. Just below is reflection nebula VDB132 and below that is VDB131. Surrounding the three reflection nebula is HII emission LBN47. The image is oriented North up.

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106N
Camera: Canon 40D modified w/ Baader UV/IR cut filter
Mount: ParamountME unguided
Filters: no filters

 

Date Taken: 15AUG2009
Location: Lot4, Arcturus Way, Sacramento Mountains Astronomy Park, Weed, NM
Sky Conditions: transparency 2/5, seeing 2/5, temp 18C
Image Acquisition: 36x300s, iso800, using CCDCommander & CCDSoft

Image Processing: ImagesPlus 3.80 used for data reduction, alignment, MinMaxExc combine, initial DDP. PSCS2 used for levels, curves, and color enhancement. GradX for background equalization.


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