Propeller Nebula

Rancho Del Sol Observatory · Camino, California

Propeller Nebula by Ken Crawford

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Image Equipment Details

  • RCOS 20" carbon truss - 100mm FFC
  • Paramount ME
  • Apogee Alta u16803
  • SBIG ST402 Guider
  • Astrodon MegaMoag
  • Astrodon 50mm Sq Filters

Exposure Details

  • Clear/ Lum = 0 minutes
  • Red = 80 minutes
  • Green = 80 minutes
  • Blue = 80 minutes
  • Ha = 240 minutes
  • OIII = 270 minutes
  • SII = 420 minutes

Software Used

  • MaxDL 5
  • CCDAutopilot 5
  • CCDStack2
  • Photoshop CS5

About this image


The Propeller nebula (DWB-111 and DWB-119) is an emission nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. There is not much known about how this nebulae complex was formed or even it's distance.

Propeller Nebula detail

This deep image was produced with Ha-SII-OIII - RGB color palette. The image on the left shows the Hydrogen component only.

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