IC 1318 Archives - Astrodoc: Astrophotography by Ron Brecher https://astrodoc.ca/tag/ic-1318/ Astrodoc.ca - Images of the Universe Tue, 06 Dec 2022 22:46:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 IC 1318 (2022) https://astrodoc.ca/ic-1318-2/ https://astrodoc.ca/ic-1318-2/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2022 22:46:01 +0000 https://astrodoc.ca/?p=13075 IC 1318 (2022) Click here for full size image December 6, 2022 IC1318 is the nebula around the bright star gamma-Cygni, which is the star where the body and wings of Cygnus, the swan, cross in the sky.  Cygnus is up very high in the sky in the summer and fall. Despite its appearance in [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/ic-1318-2/feed/ 4 γ-Cygni Wide Field (2021) https://astrodoc.ca/ic-1318/ https://astrodoc.ca/ic-1318/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2021 16:40:47 +0000 https://astrodoc.ca/?p=12467 γ-Cygni Wide Field (2021) Click here for full size image August 7, 2021 About 10 days ago, lightening struck over our property and an electromagnetic pulse fried my main imaging mount. After moping for a couple of days (actually, clear nights), I took action:  I moved my 4" refractor and colour camera onto a smaller [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/ic-1318/feed/ 6 γ-Cygni Wide Field https://astrodoc.ca/sadr-wide-field/ https://astrodoc.ca/sadr-wide-field/#respond Sun, 20 Oct 2019 13:45:24 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=11341 γ-Cygni Wide Field Click here for full size image October 20, 2019 There is so much going on this field of nebulosity in Cygnus! IC1318 is the brightest patch of nebula in this image, to the upper right of gamma Cygni (γ-Cyg, Sadr), which is the brightest star in this image. Sadr is a naked-eye [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/sadr-wide-field/feed/ 0 Northwest of Sadr (LBN 251) https://astrodoc.ca/lbn-251/ https://astrodoc.ca/lbn-251/#respond Fri, 02 Nov 2018 20:17:53 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=10883 Northwest of Sadr (LBN 251) Click image for full size version November 2, 2018 LBN 251 lies just northwest of Sadr, in Cygnus, and appears to be part of the same large cloud of hydrogen that makes up nearby IC1318. To my eye, this object looks like a pouncing cat. What do you see? There [...]

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]]> https://astrodoc.ca/lbn-251/feed/ 0 IC1318, Gamma Cygni Region https://astrodoc.ca/ic1318/ https://astrodoc.ca/ic1318/#respond Sun, 10 Jan 2016 19:18:00 +0000 http://astrodoc.ca/?p=5367 IC1318, Gamma Cygni RegionClick here for full size imageJanuary 10, 2015; Astronomy Magazine Picture of the Day Feb 19 2016IC1318 is the nebula around the bright star gamma Cygni, which is the star where the body and wings of Cygnus, the swan, cross in the sky.  Cygnus is up very high in the sky in the [...]

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