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IC 1318 consists of the brightest portions of nebulosity around Sadr (Gamma Cygni), the central star in Cygnus. It is subdivided into three portions. IC 1318(a) is the lower left portion of the Butterfly Nebula to the left of Sadr and IC 1318(b) is the upper right portion. IC 1318(c) is the triangle-shaped nebulosity at top center. At bottom right of the image is NGC 6888, the Crescent Nebula.

Equipment: Nikkor 300mm/4 lens/STL-11000M/Astrodon filters/Paramount ME
F-ratio: f/5.6
Exposures: RRGB: R 12 x 20 minutes: G 12 x 5 minutes: B 12 x 5 minutes: GB binnned 2x2
Dates: June 23 and July 15, 2012
Location: Landers, California, USA

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Equipment: Vixen 102-ED/TS Optics field flattener/STL-11000M/Astrodon LRGB filters/Paramount MX
F-ratio: f/6.5
Exposures: RRGB: R 18 x 20 minutes: G 22 x 10 minutes: B 32 x 10 minutes: GB binned 2x2
Date: August 29, September 25-27, 2014
Location: Landers, California, USA

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Equipment: Vixen 102-ED/TS Optics field flattener/STL-11000M/Astrodon LRGB filters/Paramount MX
F-ratio: f/6.5
Exposures: R 18 x 20 minutes
Date: August 29 and September 27, 2014
Location: Landers, California, USA