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Northern Cygnus - Nebulosity in Northern Cygnus
Northern Cygnus in Hydrogen-alpha light
  • Description: Faint nebulosity in northern Cygnus. I didn't expect my 50mm lens to work all that well, this image came out better than expected! There is some distortion at the edge of the field but the shot came out fairly well.
  • Camera: SBIG ST-8, CFW8
  • Optics: Olympus 50mm f2.8 with Johnson Widefield Adapter
  • Filter: Schuler 10nm Hydrogen-alpha
  • Exposure: 2 x 15 minutes at -15C.
  • Guiding: manually guided
  • Location: Mt. Kobau, B.C.
  • Date: August 20th, 2004