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Gamma Cygni The bright star is Gamma Cygni. Most of the surrounding nebulosity is IC 1318, including the Butterfly Nebula to the left. The dark nebula way to the right of Gamma is Barnard 343. At bottom right is the Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888). The cluster way under Gamma is M29. There are many other catalogued objects in this field of view Link-words: Messier Nebula

Gamma Cygni

The bright star is Gamma Cygni. Most of the surrounding nebulosity is IC 1318, including the Butterfly Nebula to the left. The dark nebula way to the right of Gamma is Barnard 343. At bottom right is the Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888). The cluster way under Gamma is M29. There are many other catalogued objects in this field of view

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Filename:Gamma_Cygni.png
Album name:Whitters / Nebulae
Rating (2 votes):55555
Link-words:Messier / Nebula
Image date, time and location:03/08/2003 02:00 GMT
Telescope aperture and focal ratio:The sum of sixty six 30 second images to give an integration time of 33 minutes. Using the Aero lens (101mm focal length) at f2 and a Starlight Xpress MX916 at 2x2 binned.
Filesize:135 KiB
Date added:Aug 04, 2003
Dimensions:390 x 290 pixels
Displayed:350 times
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