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      Featured wallpaper
      Wallpaper author:
      Bernard Miller

      21 Oct 2026

      IC 1318 - The Butterfly Nebula

      This is a dataset of IC 1318, also known as the Butterfly Nebula. It is an emission nebula surrounding the star Sadr, about 1,800 light years away in the constellation Cygnus.

      Dataset author
      Bernard Miller
      T-17

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      • Type of target
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        Emission Nebula
      • Camera
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        FLI Proline PL16803
      • Target coordinates
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        RA 20 16 48.0 Dec 41 57 24
      • Hemisphere
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        Northern
      • Telescope location
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        United States of America
      • Transient event
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        No
      • Observed on
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        28 Jun 2026 - 25 Aug 2026
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      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      SII116912h40m39
      Halpha12008h40m26
      OIII120012h20m37

      IC 1318 - The Butterfly Nebula