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13-AUG-2010

IC1318 - The Butterfly Nebula

Alamo Canyon Road (Picketpost) Tonto National Forest

This is the Gamma Cygni Region in Cygnus. The central bright star is Sadr. Immediately below Sadr is the reflection nebula IC1318. The dark lane to the right of Sadr is Lynds Dark Nebula LDN 889.

QHY8 CCD, AstroTech 66mm Refractor @f4.8,WO .8X FR/FF,Losmandy G11 Mount
12 x 10 min. exposure
Processed with Nebulosity 2 and PSCS2 full exif


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