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The Northern Part of Cygnus
This Milky Way photograph includes the northern part of the
constellation Cygnus and small parts of Cygnus, Lacerta, Cepheus, Draco and Lyra
as well. The brighest star below the image's center is Deneb, α Cygni. The
North American Nabula NGC 7000 appears prominently on Deneb's left side, due
east. Many other red emission nebulae cluster this Milky Way region, such as IC
1396 on top and the γ Cygni nebulosity near the lower edge. Another very
prominent feature with the Milky Way is the "Northern Coalsack", the large aera
of dark nebulosity with the Milky Way NNE of Deneb.
Central Cygnus Region, standard lens
photograph.
Exposure Data
- Instrument: Nikkor 28-70 mm DX Zoom Lens set to 50mm
- F/stop: 3.5
- Exposure: 8 x 10 min + 8 min + 1 min
- Camera: Canon 350D with Baader UV-IR-Cut-Filter
- Sensitivity: ISO 800
- Date: August 25, 2011
- Exposure start: 23:59 MESZ
- Location: Edelweißspitze, Salzburg, Salzburg
- Conditions: Visual limiting magnitude 6.3 mag, SQM-L sky brightness 21.4 mag/arcsec2, temperature 8°C, gusts of wind, moderate humidity
- Autoguider: Meade Pictor 216 XT, max. error: 3" (RA) / 1" (Dec)
- Enhancement: Basic data reduction, combine, logarithmic curves, color correction
- Notes: Photo taken during my stay at the Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße in August 2011. See an Observation Report of this event (in German).
