The Butterfly Nebula (IC 1318)

Posted by Timthelder
on Sunday, August 10, 2014

This particular nebula whose coordinates are RA/DE (2000) 20hr 26min 36.1sec/+40. 28" 29.2', is cataloged as IC 1318 and is also known as 'The Butterfly Nebula'. This image was captured by myself, Tim Lockhart from Bowling Green KY on the night of August 2nd, 2014. The equipment used was a Canon 450Da, Celestron C9.25" SCT @ F/6.3. This image consists of 24 x 600sec. subs for a total of 4hrs.

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