NGC 6914 and vdB132 Region

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NGC 6914 and vdB132 Region

NGC 6914, vdB132

These nebulae form the northern part of the Gamma Cygni nebulae. NGC 6914 is the name of the blue combined emission/reflection nebula around three stars near the center of the frame. Most of the other large red emission nebula patches in this image seem to belong to a huge supernova shell located in the next inner spiral arm of our galaxy. These are extremly faint nebulae.

NGC 6914 and vdB132 Region, Wright-Newtonian photograph.

Exposure Data

Instrument: TMB 4.1" f/6.2 APO
F/stop: 6.2
Exposure: 81 minutes
Film: Kodak Ektachrome E200
Exposure start: 21:29 MESZ
Date: October 11, 2001
Location: Wallackhaus, Carinthia
Conditions: Visual limiting magnitude 6.5 mag, seeing 4, temperature 5.5°C, slight wind, no dew
Autoguider: Meade Pictor 216 XT, max. error 1
Enhancement: Adobe Photoshop 6.0
Notes: Transparency was excellent.

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