Northwest portion of Gamma Cygnus Region / Cygnus / HaRRGB Color
Image: Luminance is a combination of Ha and Red channels. Ha channel 31x10 minutes, red channel 10x3 minutes, blue channel 13x3 minutes, green channel 10x3 minutes. All images dithered during acquisition and sigma reject mean combined. Camera: ST10XME Non-ABG CCD. Taken through a 12.5 inch Newtonian Reflector @ f/5.6 (effective) with Paracorr corrector using standard Custom Scientific Ha (4.5 nm) and RGB filters on a Losmandy G-11 mount with Gemini Goto drive. Camera control and guiding software: --Auriga, my custom software package. Image was focused using FocusMax. Location: Fort Griffin State Park in Texas. Date taken: July 20-21 2006