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Steven Bellavia
Southold, NY
06/16/2023
11:30 pm

Equipment Details:

William Optics 71mm Star II Petzval refractor
ZWO ASI 294MM Pro
SkyWatcher EQ6R Pro GEQ

Post-processing Details:

4 hours total of H-alpha, Sulfur-II and Oxygen-III data, 80 minutes each

Image Details:

I captured a very busy part of the sky, in the constellation Cygnus, right next to Deneb, the brightest star in Cygnus, and part of the summer triangle.

This area contains Sharpless objects SH2-115 and SH2-116, along with planetary nebulae PK086+05.1 (also known as Weinberger 1-10,upper left), and PK085+04.1 (also known as Abell 71, upper mid-right), as well as several LBN's