NGC 6974 and 6979 (Part of Cirrus Nebula in Cygnus)

 

Image made from the B&B Grand Champ near Montlaux, S-France on the night of 11, 13, 15-16 August 2007.

Telescope: Intes Micro Alter M706 on Takahashi EM200 (FS2 conversion).

Camera: SBIG ST-10XME + CFW10 working at -20°C and 1x1 binning.

Exposure: Luminance using red filter: 6x20m, RGB each 5x15m.

Image acquisition: SB CCDSOFT V5

Image processing: SB CCDSOFT V5 and Photoshop.

Conditions: clear sky with reasonable seeing.