NGC 6871, IC 1310 and Surrounding Nebulosity

NGC 8671, IC 1310, LBN 177, LBN 179, LBN 182

This field includes the southernmost extensions of the nebulosity around the star Gamma Cygni, which is sprinkled by numerous Milky Way stars. The background nebulosity seen in this photograph is extremely faint and fairly extended, and quite impossible to see visually. The brightest patches of nebulosity are designated LBN 177, LBN 179 and LBN 182 in the Lynd's Bright Nebulae catalog.

NGC 8671 and IC 1310 are the designations of two galactic star clusters at right and at the lower left in this frame, respectively, which consist only of a few stars and are not very conspicuous.

γ Cygni Nebula Region, telelens photograph.

Exposure Data

Instrument: 4.9" f/3.8 Wright-Newtonian
F/stop: 3.8
Exposure: 6 x 10 minutes + 2 x 5 seconds
Camera: Canon 350D with Baader UV-IR-Cut-Filter
Sensitivity: ISO 800
Date: August 31, 2008
Exposure start: 0:15 MESZ
Location: Wallackhaus, Carinthia
Conditions: Visual limiting magnitude 6.2 mag, seeing 4.5" FWHM, temperature 7.5°C, no wind, high humidity
Autoguider: Meade Pictor 216 XT, max. error: 2" (RA), 0" (Dec)
Enhancement: Basic data reduction, combine, logarithmic curves, color correction, background flattening, star size reduction, dynamic range extension, noise filtering
Notes: Very humid conditions, exposure series cut short by incoming fog. Image taken during my stay at the Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße in August 2008. See an Observation Report of this event (in German).

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