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Douglas Rollain

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IC1318 Butterfly Nebula image

IC1318 Butterfly Nebula

Contains: Deep sky object
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This is my 2nd image of the Sadr region, this time using narrowband filters to take advantage of the relatively bright Sii and Oiii areas. Scope/Mount: StellarVue SV70T Refractor with SFFR-70APO Focal-reducer/Field-flattener, Celestron CI-700 Mount Camera: ZWO ASI1600MMC monochrome with ZWO LRGB filters and Antlia 3nm SHO filters Guiding: QHY5L-IIM through Orion Thin OAG, PHD guiding software Exposure: Sii: (12) 300 secs @ gain=300, Ha {12) 300 secs @ gain = 300, Oiii: (12) 300 secs @ gain = 300, RGB: each channel (10) 120 sec @ gain=200 Software: Nebulosity, Pixinsight Comment: 09-20-2025, Tierra del Sol, CA, good conditions, palette = (H)SHO plus RGB for stars.