The Butterfly Nebula, IC1318, is a diffuse emission nebula that is part of a larger region of gas and dust around the star Sadr (seen here, in the left of the frame) that forms the creatively named Sadr Region. It’s part of the deep-sky richness that is the constellation Cygnus. Just off-center at the bottom of the frame is NGC6910, an open cluster.
This is first light from my new QHYCCD QHY268C camera. With a cooled camera — and the sensor in this one in particular — I’ve taken Topaz Photo AI out of the process for noise control. There’s just not that much noise at all.
- Exposure
- 60s
- Gain
- 56
- Offset
- 25
- Frames
- 75
- Time
- 1h 15m
- Telescope
- Astro-Tech AT115EDT 115mm f/7 ED Triplet Refractor w/ 0.8x Reducer/Flattener
- Mount
- Losmandy GM-8 German Equatorial Mount, Gemini 2, Losmandy FLW Tripod
- Camera
- QHYCCD QHY268C
- Guider
- Orion StarShoot Autoguider
- Filters
- Optolong UV / IR Cut Filter
- Accessories
- ZWO EAF Electronic Automatic Focuser, iOptron iPolar
- Software
- N.I.N.A., PHD2 Guiding, SkySafari Pro, AstroPixelProcessor, Capture One