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IC 1318 - Butterfly Nebula (Click on photo and then click again for a full resolution image).

IC 1318
IC 1318 LRGB
IC 1318
IC 1318 SHO
IC 1318
IC 1318 Ha

IC 1318- The Butterfly Nebula

IC 1318 - The Butterfly Nebula, located in the constellation of Cygnus (The Swan) is a diffuse emission nebula and dark nebula within a much larger region surrounding the star Sadr at the center of the Cygnus's constellation.
IC 1318 is located about 3,000 light-years from Earth.

Image acquisition and processing information: (first image)

Date: October 28th, 2022
Telescope: Celestron Edge HD 14" telescope using a Hyperstar v4 lens (at F1.9)
Mount: Astro-Physics AP-1200 GTO CP3
Camera: ZWO ASI-6200 MM Pro monochrome camera (binned 2x2)
Guiding: Telescope: AstroTech AT72ED, Camera: ASI-183MM monochrome camera
Exposures: 146 3o-second luminance exposures using a IR/UV cut filter
Image acquisition and guiding: ASIAIR Plus

Telescope: Celestron C11 telescope using a Hyperstar v3 lens (at F2)
Mount: Celestron CGE Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI-2400 MC Pro one-shot-color camera
Guiding: Telescope: Orion 60mm with helical focuser, Camera: ASI-294 MC one-shot-color camera
Exposures: 205 6o-second exposures using a IR/UV cut filter
Image acquisition and guiding: ASIAIR Plus

Image processing Software: PixInsight v. 1.8.9.1

Image acquisition and processing information: (second and third image)

Date: June 20th, 2020
Telescope: Celestron Edge HD 14" telescope using a Hyperstar v3 lens
Mount: Celestron CGE Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI-183 MM Pro monochrome camera equipped with a Baader UFC 2" Filter Slider
Image acquisition software: Sequence Generator Pro v. 3.0.3.169

Exposures (for Narrowband SHO photo): Thirty 30-second exposures binned 2x2 using a Baader high speed narrow-band Ha filter, 29 30-second exposures binned 2x2 using a Baader high speed narrow-band OIII filter and 24 30-second exposures binned 2x2 using a Baader high speed narrow-band SII filter.

Exposures (for Narrowband Ha photo): Thirty 30-second exposures binned 2x2 using a Baader high speed narrow-band Ha filter.

Guiding: Telescope: AstroTech AT72ED, Camera: Starlight Xpress Trius Pro 814 CCD, Software: PhD2
Image processing Software: PixInsight v. 1.8.5