Northern Cygnus Region

Northern Cygnus - in Hydrogen Alpha

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 it gives an idea of everything going on in this region. 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

Northern Cygnus - in Hydrogen Alpha

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 it gives an idea of everything going on in this region.
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