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Updated: Sunday, August 29, 2010 |
Image of the Week (8/29/2010) |
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NGC 6914, vdB 131 & 132
Emission/reflection nebulae in Cygnus.
The small constellation
Cygnus contains some of the brightest and largest
emission nebulae in the
Milky Way.
One of these is NGC 6914
which spans a swath of sky near the bright star
Deneb. Adjacent to
the emission nebula is a series of
reflection nebulae, denoted by their
Van den Bergh (vdB)
designations, 131 and 132. These small knots of gas reflect light
from hot young stars within the nebulae. For additional information on
this area see
Rob Gendler's essay. For another view see the image by
Tom Davis.
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| This page illustrates what can be photographed using amateur telescopes and a CCD camera. I currently use an SBIG STL11000M camera and have previously used a SBIG and Starlight Xpress cameras, as well as a Cookbook 245 camera that I built myself. Most of the images were actually taken from my backyard near a busy street with several street lights. Not only is the CCD camera a great imaging tool, but it allows "real time" observation of objects not normally visible in areas with moderate-severe light pollution. |
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