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Old 21-October-2009, 09:46 PM
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Default From Gamma to Eta Cygnus in H-Alpha: big mosaic

I hope you will appreciate the enclosed picture taken out from a mosaic
of 20 images in Hydrogen-Alpha of the heart of Cygnus: from gamma to
eta Cygnus.
The 20 images for mosaic have been composed with a program of
graphic elaboration.
These the technical data of resumption:

Coordinates of the center mosaic AR: 20h 12m 03s e Dec: +37° 47' 20"
Apparent total size: : 7° 31' x 6° 18'
Lens: Pentax SDUFII 100mm f/4
Ccd SBIG ST-10XME
Field: 1,4° x 2,1°
Filter H-Alpha 6,3nm
Total time of exposure: 120 hours
Exposure time for each frame: 30 minutes
Number of nights of work 28
Total frame: 240
Start date: 2009.08.28
End date: 2009.10.13
The site: Roma (Italy)

For me this is one of the most beautiful in the northern sky because
rich star clusters, dust and hydrogen gas.
With my best regards,

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Old 27-October-2009, 03:07 AM
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Hello Danilo:
That beautiful field but, congratulations.
Many greetings
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Danilo,

This is an amazing image. Beautiful composition and tremendous technical work to get this done. And a lot of dedication too!

Wow!

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Oh, that's absolutely wonderful, Danilo! Well done!

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That's an amazing amount of work, well done!
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