| This is a summer time observing
project, it uses the wide field image as an index to the telescopic
views. The telescopic images cover both main arcs and the central
portion seen in the wide field image below the arc surrounding 52
Cygni. Move your mouse over the brighter sections to see a telescopic
version . |
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| Object |
Veil Nebula - object RA 20:45.7
Dec +30:43
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| Exposure |
105 minutes (21 X 5 minutes) |
| ISO |
1600 |
| Camera |
Canon 60Da DSLR |
| Optics |
Canon zoom lens set to 165 mm focal
length at f/5.6.
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| Location |
Marion Bridge, Nova Scotia
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| Processing |
Calibration, stacking, arcsin stretch, masked
contrast enhancement, high pass filtering, masked star
reduction in Images Plus 5.5.
Image binned to resize for web display in Images Plus. Masked
saturation boost in Images Plus. |
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Telescopic data
| Exposure |
66 minutes (22 X 3 minutes) |
| ISO |
1600 |
| Camera |
Canon 60Da DSLR |
| Optics |
SkyWatcher 200 mm f/5 telescope with a parracorr
for a total focal ratio of f/5.75
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| Location |
Marion Bridge, Nova Scotia
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| Processing |
Calibration, stacking, arcsin stretch, masked
contrast enhancement, high pass filtering, masked star
reduction in Images Plus 5.5.
Image binned to resize for web display in Images Plus. Masked
saturation boost in Images Plus. |
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