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							<title><![CDATA[IC 1318 Gamma Cygni Nebula (IC 1318 Gamma Cygni Nebula)]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[<a title="IC 1318 Gamma Cygni Nebula in IC 1318 Gamma Cygni Nebula" href="https://sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Nebulae/Gamma-Cygni-Nebula&image=masterLight_BIN_1_8256x5504_EXPOSURE_1200_00s_FILTER_LPR_combined_RGB_autocrop_RGB_combination_DBE_STF_SCNR.jpg"><img src="https://sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/zp-core/i.php?a=Nebulae/Gamma-Cygni-Nebula&amp;i=masterLight_BIN_1_8256x5504_EXPOSURE_1200_00s_FILTER_LPR_combined_RGB_autocrop_RGB_combination_DBE_STF_SCNR.jpg&amp;s=240&amp;cw=0&amp;ch=0&amp;q=75&amp;t=1&amp;wmk=%21&amp;check=8370823adfbba2ffb7e8929c0ab7807f5bdcd9a5" alt="IC 1318 Gamma Cygni Nebula" /></a>A portion of the Gamma Cygni Nebula IC 1318. We are looking deep into the Orion Arm of our Galaxy in this direction and the nebula is more than 3000 light years from us.
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A total of 4 hours exposure.
<table><tr><td>Exposure</td><td>12 x 1200 sec</td></tr>
<tr><td>ISO</td><td>3200</td></tr>
<tr><td>Camera</td><td>Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504]</td></tr>
<tr><td>Optics</td><td>Skywatcher Esprit 120mm Refractor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Filter</td><td>Radian Triad Ultra Quad-Band Narrowband Filter</td></tr>
<tr><td>Guiding</td><td>Phd2 using a ZWO 224MC on an Astromedia 60x400mm Guide scope</td></tr>
<tr><td>Controller</td><td>Images taken using Kstars on an Mele Quieter 3C</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location</td><td>Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Date</td><td>2023-10-19</td></tr>
<tr><td>PixInsight Processing</td><td><table><tr><td>WeightedBatchPreprocessing Script</td></tr><tr><td>Dynamic Background Extractor</td></tr><tr><td>BlurXTerminator</td></tr><tr><td>NoiseXTerminator</td></tr><tr><td> HistogramTransform</td></tr><tr><td>CurvesTransformation</td></tr><tr><td>SCNR</td></tr></table></td></tr>
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<br />Date: March 26, 2025 ]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:50:04 -0300</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[<a title="IC 1318 Gamma Cygni Nebula in IC 1318 Gamma Cygni Nebula" href="https://sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Nebulae/Gamma-Cygni-Nebula&image=IC_1318-Gamma-Cygni-Nebula.jpg"><img src="https://sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/zp-core/i.php?a=Nebulae/Gamma-Cygni-Nebula&amp;i=IC_1318-Gamma-Cygni-Nebula.jpg&amp;s=240&amp;cw=0&amp;ch=0&amp;q=75&amp;t=1&amp;wmk=%21&amp;check=8370823adfbba2ffb7e8929c0ab7807f5bdcd9a5" alt="IC 1318 Gamma Cygni Nebula" /></a>A portion of the Gamma Cygni Nebula IC 1318 shown here below Gamma Cygni - the bright star at the top. Gamma Cygni is located half way between us and the nebula. We are looking deep into the Orion Arm of our Galaxy in this direction and the nebula is more than 3000 light years from us.
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A total of 7.75 hours exposure.

<table><tr><td>Exposure</td><td>31@900 sec</td></tr>
<tr><td>ISO</td><td>3200</td></tr>
<tr><td>Camera</td><td>Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504]</td></tr>
<tr><td>Optics</td><td>Skywatcher Esprit 120mm Refractor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Filter</td><td>Radian Triad Ultra Quad-Band Narrowband Filter</td></tr>
<tr><td>Guiding</td><td>Phd2 using a ZWO 224MC on an Orion 60x240mm Guide scope</td></tr>
<tr><td>Controller</td><td>Images taken using Kstars on an Odroid-N2 (Raspberry Pi clone)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location</td><td>Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Date</td><td>2021-03-24</td></tr>
<tr><td>PixInsight Processing</td><td><table><tr><td>WeightedBatchPreprocessing Script</td></tr><tr><td>Dynamic Crop</td></tr><tr><td> Automatic Background Extractor</td></tr><tr><td> MultiscaleLinearTransform</td></tr><tr><td> HistogramTransform</td></tr><tr><td>CurvesTransformation</td></tr><tr><td>LocalHistogramEquilization</td></tr></table></td></tr>
<tr><td>Further tweaking for colour in Lightroom</td></tr>
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<br />Date: March 26, 2025 ]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:50:04 -0300</pubDate>
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