IC 4954

Posted by dcrowson
on Tuesday, August 14, 2018

IC 4954 (Ced 175, DG 160, LBN 153 and others) is the reflection nebula at the center of the image.

IC 4955 is the reflection nebula below 4954.

The stars around these clusters are cataloged as Roslund 4.

Luminance – 38x600s – 380 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

500 minutes total exposure – 8 hours 20 minutes

Imaged July 8th, 17th and 18th and August 13th, 2018 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/43982974762/sizes/l

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