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 NGC 6826 version 2 NGC 6826, also known as the "Blinking Planetary", sits in the constellation Cygnus, roughly 2,100 light-years from Earth. This cropped image is a joint projectof JamesFoster andMichael Stecker using my Celestron11-inch Schmidt Cassegrain telescope at f/7.5 with a monochrome camera shot through Hydrogen-alpha (448 min), Oxygen-III (120 min), Red (45 min, Green (53 min) and Blue (53 min)for a total of 719-minutes or 11.9 hours. file: NGC6826-HAOIIIRGB2-a4cr2acsat.jpg Click here for full resolution image Photographic Data Date: July, 2026 Telescope: Celestron C11 11-inch Schmidt Cassegrain telescope at f/7.5 Mount: ZWO AM7 harmonic mount Guidimg: Off-axis Imaging camera: ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro monochrome camera cropped image Exposures: Monochrome camera shot through Hydrogen-alpha (448 min), Oxygen-III (120 min), Red (45 min), Green (53 min), Blue (53 min) for a total of 719-minutes or 11.9 hours. Photographic site: James Foster Observatory at Pinon Pines Estates (Frazier Park, CA) Bortle 4 at 5,500 feet elevation *********************************  NGC 6826 version 1 Same as above, but less color saturation file: NGC6826-HAOIIIRGB2-a4cr2a.jpg Click here for full resolution image **************************************  NGC 6826 version 3 (processed in Pixinsight & StarShrink) Same as above but processed in Pixinsight and StarShrink Photoshop plugin for more accurate color and smaller stars file: NGC6826_RGBandHA&OIII3B_reg-PI-2a.jpg Click here for full resolution image |