Sh2-115 & 116 – Wide Field
July 5, 2023
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Sh2-115 is the larger blue region top center and Sh2-116 is the small round planetary nebula slightly below and to its left roughly 9,800 light years away in the Cygnus constellation.
There’s an interesting pair of folds of primarily hydrogen gas just below Sh2-115 that are catalogued as LBN 380. The entire field is a small part of the massive star-forming complex called Cygnus-X. The Cygnus-X complex houses more than 800 distinct HII (ionized hydrogen) regions, which makes it one of the richest star-forming areas in the entire galaxy.
Image Capture
Location:
Back yard in North Dallas
Camera:
Total integration: 20h 30m
Integration per filter:
- R: 20m (40 × 30")
- G: 20m (40 × 30")
- B: 20m (40 × 30")
- Hα: 6h 45m (135 × 180")
- S2: 6h 21m (127 × 180")
- O3: 6h 24m (128 × 180")
Coordinates: 20h 35m 55s · +48° 7′ 12″
ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro
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Telescope
William Optics ZenithStar 61
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