deep-sky
nebula (emission)
IC 1318 – Gamma Cygni Nebula
The bright star in the center of this image (Gamma Cygni) is surrounded by large nebula cataloged as IC1318.
The star Gamma Cygni is however not part of the nebula itself, but happens to be a foreground star located at a distance of 750 light years, while the nebula itself is located at about 5.000 light years.
Gamma Cygni is the center star in the Northern Cross (Cygnus).
The right part of the nebula is also knwon as the “The Butterfly Nebula” due to it’s shape.
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Image information:
Object info
Name: IC 1318 – The Gamma Cygni Nebula
Type: Nebula (emission)
Constellation: Cygnus
Distance: 5000 ly
Date & location
Date: September 3, 2010
Location: Landgraaf, The Netherlands
Equipment & optics
Total integration: 36m
Camera: SBIG ST-8300M
Optics: TMB/LOMO 80/480
Mount: Losmandy G-11 Gemini
Image comments
Image quality suffers severely from lack of sub-frames
