Cygnus Region and Friends

[garrick]

Cygnus Region and Friends by Garrick Walles, on Flickr

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Samyang 100mm/2.8 ED Samyang

Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI 294MM Pro (cooled) ASI294MM PRO

Mounts: Skywatcher HEQ5 PRO (belt modification)

Guiding telescopes or lenses: ZWO 30mm Mini Guide Scope

Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI120MM-S ASI 120MM-S

Software: PixInsight 1.8.7 Ripley PixInsight  ·  Asi Air for IOS

Filters: Baader Ha, OIII, SII 1.25 inch

Accessory: ZWO ASI Air

Dates:June 24, 2021

Frames:Baader Ha, OIII, SII 1.25 inch: 400x180" (20h) (gain: 120.00) -10C bin 2x2

Integration: 20h

Darks: 41

Flats: 41

Flat darks: 41

Avg. Moon age: 14.45 days

Avg. Moon phase: 99.89%

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 8.00

[MarkS]

That's a stunning widefield image.  Well done!

20 hours of integration time - that takes a lot of dedication.

Mark

[garrick]

Thanks Mark. The integration time May have been a bit excessive. Not sure if I want to repeat it again.

Clear Skies

[Roberto]

That's a superb FOV.  You have managed extremely well any LP gradients from your site.  Well done indeed! 😎👍

Roberto

[garrick]

Thanks Roberto. I think a lot of the credit has to go to Pixinsightand my Samsung 100mm lens.

Clear Skies

[Carole]

I absolutely love it. 

Carole

[RobertM]

Very impressive !  What a great capture especially from Bortle 8.

Robert

[ApophisAstros]

Echo all the praise mentioned , great work.
Roger

[garrick]

Thanks Roger and Robert. Your comments are greatly appreciated. It was a bit of an experiment connecting up the Samyang Lens to the ASI294MM. I was really impressed with the performance of this camera and lens combination.

Clear Skies. (Well we can be hopeful)

[Carole]

I have the Samyang 135mm lens, and have been having a ball with it over the last 18 months.  My only criticism is that tiny stars are a little harsh if you zoom right in. 

Also I had a job joining it all together and my focus is right on the end of the focusser ring.  I did my recent Iris nebula etc with it. 

Carole

[The Thing]

Very nice Garrick, nicely processed. I'm tempted by one of those lenses, I've got the ASI294MC Pro so would get the same FoV.