NGC6820/6823 in Cygnus

Imaged from Nova Scotia, Summer, 2016

Wikipedia Link for NGC 6820/23

HaRGB Combination Image
Data
Altitude at culmination 58°
Minimum Airmass Value (sec z) 1.2
Mean FWHM 2.9 arc-s
Taking Camera SBIG STL-11002XM Nova Scotia Summer 2016, ~mag 6.4 - @-20C
Imaging OTA AGO 14.5" iDK
Equivalent focal length and ratio 2465mm f/6.7
Mount Astro-Physics 1600GTO
Guiding PHD2/ONAG/Lodestar X-2
HaRGB Total integration time 16hr30min Ha 15X30min - Astrodon 5nm Ha Filter, RGB 18X10min each Astrodon Gen. 2 I Series Filters . All binned 1X1
Acquisition Main Sequence Software-Sequence Generator Pro
Calibration and Stacking Darks, Flats and Bias - Stacked and calibrated with PixInsight
Reprocessed Jan 2023 PixInsight, Affinity Photo v.2.03 and Bob Franke's CCDBand-Aid

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Ha Only Image

Hubble Palette Image

Data
Altitude at culmination 69°
Minimum Airmass Value (sec z) 1.1
Taking Camera SBIG STL-11002XM Nova Scotia Summer 2016, ~mag 6.4 - @-20C
Imaging OTA AGO 14.5" iDK
Equivalent focal length and ratio 2465mm f/6.7
Mount Astro-Physics 1600GTO
Guiding PHD2/ONAG/Lodestar X-2
Hubble Palette Image Total integration time 19.5 hrs Ha 13X30min - Astrodon 5nm Ha Filter. SII & OIII 13X30min ea. - Astrodon 3nm Ha Filters. All binned 1X1Binned 1X1
Acquisition Main Sequence Software-Sequence Generator Pro
Calibration and Stacking Darks, Flats and Bias - Stacked and calibrated with PixInsight
Processed PixInsight, Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Bob Franke's CCDBand-Aid

 

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