Gamma Cyg Nebula

Subject:Gamma Cyg Nebula.
Telescope:Takahashi CN-212 f/3.9 Newtonian
Mount:Losmandy G-11
Imager:ST-8 XME
Image Details:This is an LRGB color composite image with the following integration times:
H-Alpha: 20 minutes
Red: 5 minutes
Green: 5 minutes
Blue: 8 minutes
Luminance was binned 1x1 while the RGB information was binned at 2x2 for efficiency. The RGB image was made in MaxImDL. The final image was composed in PhotoShop using luminance layering. Flats, darks and biases used for calibration. Coma is visible to the extreme edge of the image due to the Newtonian optics.

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