The Faint Emission Nebula (IC 5068) in Cygnus - HOO (RGB Stars)
IC 5068, is a faint emission nebula, located in the neighborhood of the North American and Pelican nebulae. IC 5068 is situated very close to the massive and bright star, known as Deneb.
The nebula is mostly known for the streaks of dark clouds that separate the colorful hydrogen regions, which also cordon the nebula off from its better-known neighbors.
Narrowband (HOO) version: H-Alpha mapped to red, OIII mapped to blue and OIII+Ha mapped to the green channel. while the colors in this image are not the true colors, the narrowband filters were used create the nebula color. Then I added the natural star colors using RGB filters and Starnet process.
RA: 20h 50m 47.5s
DEC: +42° 31' 17.3"
Size: 3.15 x 2.08 deg
Pixel scale: 1.55 arsec/pixel
Location: Cygnus
Distance: 1.6 kly
Magnitude: 7.3
Acquisition June 2020
Total acquisition time of 6.75 hours.
Technical Details
Data acquisition: Terry HANCOCK
Processing: Nicolas ROLLAND
Location: The Grand Mesa Observatory, Whitewater, CO
RGB 15 x 600 sec
Ha 10 x 900 sec
OIII 7 x 900 sec
Optics: Takahashi FSQ 130 APO Refractor @ F5
Mount: Paramount ME
CCD: QHY367 Pro-C
Pre Processing: CCDstack & Pixinsight
Post Processing: Photoshop CC
The Faint Emission Nebula (IC 5068) in Cygnus - HOO (RGB Stars)
IC 5068, is a faint emission nebula, located in the neighborhood of the North American and Pelican nebulae. IC 5068 is situated very close to the massive and bright star, known as Deneb.
The nebula is mostly known for the streaks of dark clouds that separate the colorful hydrogen regions, which also cordon the nebula off from its better-known neighbors.
Narrowband (HOO) version: H-Alpha mapped to red, OIII mapped to blue and OIII+Ha mapped to the green channel. while the colors in this image are not the true colors, the narrowband filters were used create the nebula color. Then I added the natural star colors using RGB filters and Starnet process.
RA: 20h 50m 47.5s
DEC: +42° 31' 17.3"
Size: 3.15 x 2.08 deg
Pixel scale: 1.55 arsec/pixel
Location: Cygnus
Distance: 1.6 kly
Magnitude: 7.3
Acquisition June 2020
Total acquisition time of 6.75 hours.
Technical Details
Data acquisition: Terry HANCOCK
Processing: Nicolas ROLLAND
Location: The Grand Mesa Observatory, Whitewater, CO
RGB 15 x 600 sec
Ha 10 x 900 sec
OIII 7 x 900 sec
Optics: Takahashi FSQ 130 APO Refractor @ F5
Mount: Paramount ME
CCD: QHY367 Pro-C
Pre Processing: CCDstack & Pixinsight
Post Processing: Photoshop CC