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Photographer:

albertostars

Location of Photo:

Carbondale, IL

Date/Time of photo:

8/17/2021 11 pm

Equipment:

150mm doublet skywatcher refractor with zwo 533CC pro camera

Description:

This planetary nebula is small and difficult to spot among so many stars around it. It shines at magnitude 13.2 and measures about 30” in size. It is located in the constellation Cygnus (north side). Its estimated distance from earth is 8,600 LY. The image was captured and live stacked in sharpcap for a total of 1,599", no postprocessing only adjustment of light curves and background using adobe elements.

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