Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Gamma Cygni Region (IC1318)


I took advantage of relatively clear skies last weekend albeit the almost full moon. I first took h-alpha subs on Saturday then the color subs on Sunday. I had difficulty getting the color subs as the light pollution at our house was so severe and aggravated by a nearby street light. I experimented and settled for just one minute subs for a total of 36 minutes before the clouds rolled in. Image processing proved to be difficult as well due to noise and lack of data. Anyway, just to satisfy the craving for astro imaging, I sacrificed some hours of no sleep to image the nebula in the vicinity of Sadr or Gamma Cygni.