Object: Region surrounding nebulosity IC1318b in Cygnus
Exposure: Composite of one 35-minute and one 15-minute exposure
Processing: Negatives scanned at 3048dpi with a UMAX Powerlook 3000 scanner, blended in Picture Window Pro 2.5 and enhanced in Adobe Photoshop 4.0
Telescope: TeleVue 85mm f/7 APO refractor @ f/5.6
Mount: Losmandy G11
Guiding: SBIG ST-4
Film: gas-hypered 35mm Kodak Pro 400(PPF)
Location: Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona
Date: 5/5/00
Comments: Located two degrees NW of the star Gamma Cygni, IC1318b is a faint patch of emission nebulosity
that is associated with the larger nebula complex, IC1318. Other objects that can be found within the field include the dark nebula B343, bottom right of center and
open clusters IC1311 and Collinder 419. These can be found at upper right and lower left of center respectively.
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