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      IC1318 (North Wing)
      Wallpaper author:
      Steve Teel

      24 Oct 2026

      IC1318 (North Wing)

      SHO Hubble Palette displaying utter chaos of the Cygnus X HII complex.

      Processed using PixInsight with FBPP, SPFC/MGC, SPCC, BXT, NXT, SXT, MAS, NarrowbandNormalization, ImageBlend, GHS, PSCM, and Affinity Photo 2.

      I haven't decided what to do about the bright lower left corner. I'm reluctant to pass it off as a gradient issue because the MCG gradient model shows no sign of it at all. On the other hand, the nearest bright stars in that vicinity are the mag 9 double pair Couteau 2938. I'm inclined to believe that we are seeing the halo caused by that pair.

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      IC 1318 - The Butterfly Nebula

      20 credit

      Open
      Bernard Miller
      T-17
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Emission Nebula
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        FLI Proline PL16803
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 304.2 Dec 41.9567
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Northern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        United States of America
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        28 Jun 2026 - 25 Aug 2026
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      SII116912h40m39
      Halpha12008h40m26
      OIII120012h20m37

      IC1318 (North Wing)