Cygnus widefield (56 panels -- cropped)

Subject: Widefield of Cygnus area -- NGC6888, NGC6960, NGC6974, NGC6979, NGC7000, IC1318, IC5067, IC5068, IC5070, etc. --
North America Nebula, Pelican Nebula, Crescent nebula, Veil nebula, etc.

Image FOV: roughly 32 degrees by 21 degrees (partial coverage)

Image Scale: roughly 60 arc-second/pixel

[see "Cygnus Widefield (56 panels) for other shooting data]

Comments and faves

  1. astrometry.net (37 months ago | reply)

    Hello, this is the blind astrometry solver. Your results are:
    (RA, Dec) center:(306.869854186, 37.5946183399) degrees
    (RA, Dec) center (H:M:S, D:M:S):(20:27:28.765, +37:35:40.626)
    Orientation:134.84 deg E of N

    Pixel scale:58.03 arcsec/pixel

    Parity:Reverse ("Left-handed")
    Field size :31.39 x 20.65 degrees

    Your field contains:
    The star Deneb (αCyg)
    The star Sadr (γCyg)
    The star Gienah (εCyg)
    The star 31Cyg
    The star ξCyg
    The star τCyg
    The star ηCyg
    The star 32Cyg
    The star νCyg
    The star 41Cyg
    IC 4954
    IC 1311
    IC 1318 / gamma Cyg nebula
    NGC 6940
    NGC 6960 / Filamentary nebula / Lace-work nebula / Veil nebula
    IC 5068
    IC 5070 / Pelican nebula
    IC 1340
    NGC 6992 / Network nebula / Veil nebula
    NGC 7000 / North America nebula
    NGC 7039
    NGC 7082

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  2. ★

    Billy Wilson Photography added this photo to his favorites. (37 months ago)

  3. Trois_Merlettes (37 months ago | reply)

    Great field, incredibly rich! What a piece of work!

  4. Nickname: Ron (37 months ago | reply)

    Excellent!

  5. Astronomyboy (35 months ago | reply)

    Just incredible. This must've taken hour after hour of data collection, processing and stitching. Rich field indeed.

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    Astronomyboy, fabrizio farina, rocco parisi, Κρεῖος, and 2 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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