B343 Fine, Summer 2015

B343 is an interesting patch of dust set against a background of glowing hydrogen in the constellation Cygnus.  Below the dark nebula and to the right lie ionization fronts formed in the hydrogen gas.  I think it's a pretty interesting area.

To the H-alpha set, which is used here as Luminance, I have added a night's worth of color with the SXVF-H9C.  The image looked better to me at 85% of original size, so no full resolution is posted.

Telescope: Astro-Tech AT111EDT and William Optics AFR-IV (eff. f/5.6)

Camera and Exposure: SXVF-H9 (Ha 11x1500", 11x1200") and SXVF-H9C (55x420"); Alnitak Flat-man flats

Filter(s): Astronomik 6nm Ha & CLS

Guiding: SX Lodestar and SX OAG

Mount: Takahashi NJP

Software: Nebulosity, PHD, Maxim DL, Registar, Photoshop CS3

Location: The Woodlands, TX