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NGC 6819 in Cygnus

 

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Scope: Megrez II at f/5.8, Location: Laguna Mountains, CA   25 June 2011  Camera: Artemis285

Exposure: 12 x 4 min  (1x1 bin) exposure with UV/IR block, 8 x 2 min (2x2 bin) RGB exposures.

Processing: Images were captured  with Artemis Capture (as FITs).  Aligned/stacked and dark subtracted in Astroart with Sigma Combine.   IR / UV Blocking  filter  and Color channels were scaled and  color balanced in Astroart.  Channels were co-registered in Astroart.   Central gradient removal was performed in Astroart. Luminance channel consisted of the IR/UV blocking filter exposures.  Curves and Levels applied in Photoshop to the Luminance channel to optimize star depth.    Final LRGB combine was done in Photoshop.    Final Image size is approximately 1800 x 1345.

North is up in this image. NGC 6819 is an open cluster located in the constellation of Cygnus. This star cluster is sometimes called the "Foxhead".  This image replaces an earlier image posted here.  NGC 6819's distance from Earth is approximately 7,200 light years.    Horizontal FOV is 70'

Image center is approximately - Equatorial 2000: RA: 19h 41m 18s Dec: +40°11'00"

 

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