Name:The "Butterfly" Nebula

Constellation:Cygnus

Instrument:Redcat 51 and a modified Nikon D3300.

Exposure time: A stack of 16 five-minute exposures at ISO 800.

Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html

  
 

 

This is part of the large nebula complex surrounding the star Gamma Cygni (Sadr). There are several clusters, dark nebula, reflection nebula, and emission nebula in this region. This is best photographed with short and medium focal length lenses (50-400 mm).

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