These earthly godfathers of Heaven's lights, that give a name to every fixed star, have no more profit of their shining nights than those that walk and know not what they are.

— William Shakespeare

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Seldom Imaged Nebula

By ebfaulkner6a at Mon, 08/10/2015 - 6:26pm

This is known as the Propeller Nebula located in Cygnus. It is one of the faintest and least imaged nebula in outer space. I took it thru my Astro-tech 111edTriplet: 140 min.s 2x2 combined in MaximDL. 8 x10 min Ha, 4x5 min R, G, B each. Mount: iOptron45 + pier, Starlight Xpress ccd SXVF H9 and guided with Starlight Xpress X2.  more info can be seen on my Facebook page:  Eugene Faulkner

Seldom Imaged Nebula