IC1318
   
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Object name: IC 1318 - Butterfly nebula   Optics:   TEC 110 f/5.6 Fluorit Apo-refractor
  Objekt type: Emission nebula   Focal lenght:   616 mm
  Constellation: Cygnus   Camera:   FLI Aurora AR455
  Location / Date: Remseck / 29. November 2026   Exposure:   6 x 600 sec H-alpha / 3 x 600 sec OIII / 6 x 600 sec SII / 1 x 300 sec RGB
  Distance: approx. 5000 ly   Filters:   Astrodon Filter 3 nm / OIII-filter 8.5 nm / SII-filter 8 nm
  Apparent dimensions: approx. 240'   Mount:   10micron GM2000 HPS
  Real dimensions: approx. 100 ly   Autoguiding:   none
  Brightness: -   Software:   MaxIm DL / Pix Insight / Registar / Photoshop CS3
  Position (R.A. / DEC): 20h 22.2' / +40° 15' 00"   Image processing:   Tone-Mapping-Method / real colors
 
 


E
xplanation:

IC 1318 - also known as the "Butterfly Nebula" is a huge emission nebula around the bright star Sadr (Gamma-Cygni)

The colors are mapped to real colors:

light-red = H-alpha
dark-red = SII
cyan= OIII

colored stars overlay