Gamma Cygnus Region Narrow Band October 2004

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Subject	Gamma Cygnus Region
Date	October 2003
Telescope or Lens	Tak FS60C with AP 0.75 focal reducer
Mount	G11
Camera	ST2000XM
Filters	Schuler 10nm Ha, Custom Scientific 4nm SII and OIII
Total Exposures	L	8 hours	R	8 hours	G	8 hours	B	8 hours
Sub exposure	From Ha data 4 frames. Each 12 x 10 min		4 frames. Each 12 x 10 min		4 frames. Each 12 x 10 min		4 frames. Each 12 x 10 min
Binning	RGB 1 x 1
Field of view and resolution	Approx 4.8 x 3.6 Degrees. 6 Arcsec / Pixel

Comments

Various other Messier, NGC and IC objects fall in this field of view. This mosaic of four frames has a total exposure time of 24 hours. The Ha data was used as luminance. Another version of the image using a different pallete (Ha = red, SII = green, OII = blue) can be found at:

GAMMA CYGNUS Ha-S2-O3