Wednesday, May 21, 2025

The Gamma Sygni region near the central star of the "Northern Cross" aka "The Swan"

 





















I was out late last night and captured a region of the summer night sky that is known as the "Northern Cross" or "The Swan".
This is a small portion of the very dim diffuse emission nebula known as  IC 1318 or the Gamma Cygni Nebula) The area imaged here is nearest to Sadr, Gamma Cygni and it the star at the far left. This star is at the center of Cygnus's cross, aka "The Northern Cross."

Data-
Scope: Daystar refractor 480mm focal lenght at f/6
Filter: SVBONY SV260 Telescope Filter, 2'' quad multi-bandpass
Camera: ZWO 585mc cooled
Exposure: 68subs @ 30sec each, Bin 1, gain 252
Stacked with Siril 1.2.4
Post processed in Gimp 2.10

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