Deep Sky Object in Summer
Around NGC6914 (Reflection Nebulae in Cygnus)

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Date & Time: Jul 16 2021, from 25:07 to 25:46 JST(+0900)
Composed 8 shots with 5 minutes exposed
Optical: TAKAHASHI 16cm(6.3") epsilon (f=530mm, F3.3)
with IDAS LPS-V4 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial & Lacerta M-GEN
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled)
Location: Koumi town, Nagano pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5472×3648)
Device Size...36×24mm, Sensitivity...ISO3200


This image shows you a field about 2 degrees north of γ Cygni (Sadr). You can recognize that the field is occupied by a part of reddish diffused nebula of IC1318 distributed around Sadr. Among it, three small bluish reflection nebulae are paralleling in north south direction at upper left-hand side. They have IDs of NGC6914, NGC6914B and NGC6914A from north to south with sizes of 4 to 6 arc minutes. Although they are faint and minor objects, unexpectedly noticeable because they are buried in reddish nebula.
This image has been cropped with an equivalent focal length of 700mm.

NGC6914 / Reflection Nebula, type 1 R
R.A.20h 24m 46.0s (2000.0)
Dec.+42°28' 41" (2000.0)
Apparent Size6.3×4.5'
Magnitude -
DistanceN/A
Other IDLBN 281
NGC6914B / Reflection Nebula, type 1 R
R.A.20h 24m 42.0s (2000.0)
Dec.+42°23' 10" (2000.0)
Apparent Size5.0×3.2'
Magnitude -
DistanceN/A
Other IDLBN 280
NGC6914A / Reflection Nebula, type 1 R
R.A.20h 24m 16.0s (2000.0)
Dec.+42°17' 40" (2000.0)
Apparent Size4.6×3.4'
Magnitude -
DistanceN/A
Other IDLBN 274



Blue Flash Nebula (NGC6905)
Veil Nebula(NGC6992-56)

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