IC 5070 & 5067

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IC 5067 Emission Nebula (ionization front) in Cygnus
Date August 21, 22, 25 2010
Exposure Hα 18 x 1800 (9 hours)
Camera STL11000M with Astronomik 13nm filter (water-assisted cooling)
Telescope ASA 10N @ f/3.6 on AP900GTO CP3
Guiding Remote guide head with 50mm MiniBorg
Processing MaximDL, PhotoshopCS3, AstroActions
Comments Warm, moderate seeing, nearly full moon


IC 5067 Emission Nebula in Cygnus

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IC 5070 & 5067 Emission Nebula (ionization front) in Cygnus
Date July 1-3, 2009
Exposure SIIHαOIII 240:240:240  (Hα blended for luminance)
Camera STL11000M with Baader narrow band filters
Telescope ASA 10N @ f/3.6on Losmandy G11 w/Gemini
Guiding Remote guide head with E-finder
Processing MaximDL, PhotoshopCS3, FITS Liberator, AstroActions
Comments SII weak for some reason, 1st quarter moon

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IC 5067 Emission Nebula (ionization front) in Cygnus
Date August 26-31, 2007
Exposure HαRGB 270:30:30:30  (Hα + R 50/50; RGB binned 2x2)
Camera ST2000XM with Schuler Hα and SBIG RGB
Telescope Celestron C8 @ f/7.4 on Losmandy G11 w/Gemini
Guiding Self-guided + PHD Guiding
Processing MaximDL, PhotoshopCS2, FITS Liberator, AstroActions
Comments Noisy RGB because of moon & local light pollution

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