IC1318 The Butterfly Nebula

IC1318 The Butterfly nebula: This part of the night sky is very rich in nebulosity . It surrounds the bright star Gamma Cygnus at a distance of about 3,000 light years. An Atik 383L mono CCD camera was used with PHD auto guiding and an 80mm f/7 refractor with a field flatterner, making it about f/6.3. Five minute subframes were captured with matching dark frames. The total exposure times were 60 minutes using a H-alpha filter and 15 minutes using RGB filters.