IC 1311 (Cr 414) & B 342 (LDN 885) Open Cluster & Dark Nebula in Cygnus
Center of field located at approximately: RA 20 hours 10 minutes 05 seconds, Dec +41 degrees 09 minutes 56 seconds
Size: 9.0' & 4.0'; Magnitude: 13.1 & --; Class: I 1 r n & 5 Ir
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -15c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Deep Sky filter, 240 minutes (24 x 10 minute subs), 09/24/25/2007 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.3, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: | This field in Cygnus is about 2.5 degrees NNW from Sadar (Gamma Cygni), the 'heart of the cross (of the swan)'. Central Cygnus is laced with nebulosity, a small part seen to the East (left) of IC 1311. Several patches of 'darkness' are named by E. E. Bernard in this area, with B 342 seen just 14 minutes to the West (right) of IC 1311. Also, forming an equilateral triangle with IC 1311 and B 342, is the open cluster Dolidze 2 (Class: IV 1 p n), at the top edge of the field |