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NGC 6820
This diffuse emission nebula also designated SH2-86 in the Sharpless catalogue is the home of the young open star cluster NGC 6823, visible in the centre of the image.
The nebula is estimated to be just under 6,000 light years from us and can be found in the constellation Vulpecula.
Data gathered at www.astronomycentre.org.uk
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 101, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO filter drawer, ZWO asiair plus.
120s exposures.
Best 80% of 57 light frames.
Darks, Flats & Bias.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in PixInsight & Affinity Photo.
NGC 6820
This diffuse emission nebula also designated SH2-86 in the Sharpless catalogue is the home of the young open star cluster NGC 6823, visible in the centre of the image.
The nebula is estimated to be just under 6,000 light years from us and can be found in the constellation Vulpecula.
Data gathered at www.astronomycentre.org.uk
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 101, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO filter drawer, ZWO asiair plus.
120s exposures.
Best 80% of 57 light frames.
Darks, Flats & Bias.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in PixInsight & Affinity Photo.