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Margaret Watson LRPS AFIAP

QDigital Imagaing, photograpy by Margaret Watson

Royal Photographic Society

Pixinsight

Takahashi Telescopes

Atik Cameras

Astro Gallery, Nebulae, IC1318 Butterfly Nebula

IC1318 Butterfly Nebula

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IC1318 Butterfly Nebula

Image contains NGC 6910, gamma Cyg nebula, IC 1318, Sadr (γCyg)

Reference:	1014	Date taken:	August 2013
Ambient temperature:	+28C	Location:	Galera, Andalucia, Spain
Imaging telescope:	Takahashi FSQ85EDX 328mm @ f3.8	Imaging camera:	Atik 383L+
Camera setpoint:	-10C	Mount:	Takahashi EM200 Temma 2M
Guiding telescope:	ST-80	Guiding camera:	SSAG
Filters:	Baader Ha, OIII, SII	Light frames:	HA=37 x 300s, OIII=37 x 300s, SII=36 x 300s
Integration:	9.2 hours	Dark frames:	35 x 300s
Flat frames:	20 each channel	Bias frames:	35
Capture software:	Artemis Capture	Guiding software:	MaximDL
Processing software:	Pixinsight, Photoshop CS5, Nik Tools, Noel Carboni's Actions	Accessories:	Lakeside focuser
Published in:	RPS competion of the month Finalist April 2014, RPS Journal July 2014 vol 154 (6)

Processing notes:	The image was processed with the HST palette assigning Red to SII, Green to HA, and Blue to OIII.

Center (RA, Dec): (306.094, 40.250) Center (RA, hms): 20h 24m 22.441s Center (Dec, dms): +40 15' 00.241" Size: 3.14 x 2.36 deg Radius: 1.966 deg Orientation: Up is -90.7 degrees E of N
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