{"id":21497,"date":"2021-07-28T11:38:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T11:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/?p=96278"},"modified":"2021-07-27T18:12:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T18:12:36","slug":"pictures-of-ngc-6914","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/pictures-of-ngc-6914\/","title":{"rendered":"Pictures of NGC 6914"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lee Dyson\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 27 July 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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NGC 6914 is a complex of reflection nebulae at the heart of the constellation Cygnus.<\/p>\n

NGC 6914 is 6,000 lightyears away and contains two blue reflection nebulae, vdB 132, seen to the right in the image below, and another reflection nebula<\/a>, vdB 131, slightly lower to the left.<\/p>\n

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NGC6914 by Bob Franke, Chino Valley, AZ USA. Equipment: 12.5\u2033 RCOS Ritchey-Chr\u00e9tien, SBIG STL-11000, AstroDon LRGB, Ha filters, Paramount ME mount.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Contrasting these beautiful glowing gas clouds illuminated by light from powerful, hot blue stars<\/a>, is the red emission glow of ionised hydrogen and dark, dense cosmic clouds.<\/p>\n

The red emission nebula is a result of young stars in the Cygnus OB2 association ionising the surrounding hydrogen.<\/p>\n

These contrasting processes produce a region of the sky that\u2019s quite spectacular to behold.<\/p>\n

Below is a selection of images of NGC 6914 captured by astrophotographers and BBC Sky at Night Magazine<\/em> readers.<\/p>\n

For advice on photographing nebulae, read our guide to deep-sky astrophotography<\/a>, or find out how to fine tune your images with our guide to astrophotography image processing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And don\u2019t forget to send us your images<\/a> or share them with us via Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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NGC6914 Reflection Nebula by Mark Griffith, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. Equipment: Skywatcher NEQ6 pro mount & Equinox 80mm refractor, Atik 383L+ camera, motorised filter wheel and Astronomik Ha RGB filters.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n
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NGC 6914 Wide Field by Bob Franke, Chino Valley, AZ USA. Equipment: Takahashi FSQ-106ED, SBIG STF-8300M, Baader RGB, AstroDon Ha filter, Losmandy G11 mount.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n
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NGC 6914 \u2013 HaRGB \u2013 CCD\/DSLR Combination by Andr\u00e9 van der Hoeven, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, The Netherlands. Equipment: TMB92, QSI583ws, 20cm f\/5.0 Newton, Canon EOS 350Da<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n
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NGC 6914 Region in Cygnus by David Slack, Prudhoe, Northumberland, UK. Equipment: Modified Canon 1000D, Orion ED80 refractor @ F6, Altair Astro 0.8 focal reducer, HEQ5 pro mount controlled with EQMOD and an IDAS D1 light pollution filter were used for the capture.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n
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