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HH 555 Jet of Gas and Matter

HH 555 is a Herbig-Haro object within the star-forming Pelican Nebula (IC 5070 and IC 5067), which lies about 1,800 light-years away from Earth, northeast of the bright star Deneb in the constellation of Cygnus

This is a Tri-color Narrow Band Image using the Hubble color palette. Data was taken in June, Aug, Sept & Oct 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020 from Lockwood Valley, California

Ha 475 minutes 1x binned, 15 & 20 min sub-exposures
OIII 960 minutes 1x binned, 20 min sub-exposures
SII 1120 minutes 1x binned, 20 min sub-exposures

Total Exposure Time = 42 hours 35 min

Camera: SBIG STXL-11002M, Scope: Planewave CDK-17 at f/6.8, Mount: Paramount ME
Off-Axis Guided with SBIG Self-Guiding Filter Wheel full exif

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