LBN 182, LBN 170, and LBN 174

This is an extremely interesting area of nebulosity, star clusters, and Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars in Cygnus.  Within LBN 182 you can find the open star cluster NGC6883, WR 134, WR 135, and LBN 179).  Within LBN 170 and LBN 174 are also home to a number of other bright and dark nebulae.  The star cluster NGC 6871is located between LBN 182 and LBN 174.  (See annotation for details and locations.)

In the upper left of the frame is the bright OIII shell of WR 134.

This was a challenging project for me since I used two different telescopes, one with a monochrome setup and one with an OSC camera setup and combined the data from both, added a synthetic luminance layer from the the monochrome Ha image, and added RGB stars from the OSC luminance image.  I had never done this before, but it had the nice benefit of approximately doubling my integration time for one night.

Capture date: 7/21/24

Scope 1

Stellarvue SVX90T (fL = 540mm, image scale 1.44”/pixel)
ASI2600MM (monochrome camera)
Guidescope/Cam: SV106 with ASI120mm mini
ZWO ASIAir Plus, ZWO AM5 mount, ZWO 7-position 2” filter wheel

Filters
Antlia 3nm Narrowband SII  2": 15×300″ (1:15)
Antlia 3nm Narrowband H-alpha 14": 15×300″ (1:10)
Antlia 3nm Narrowband OIII 2": 15×300″ (1:15)

Integration SVX90T: 3:40

Scope 2

Askar 107PHQ w/0.7x reducer (fL = 524mm, image scale 1.50”/pixel
ASI2600MC Pro (OSC camera)
Guidescope/Cam: SV106 and ASI178MM
ZWO ASIAir Plus, ZWO AM5 mount, ZWO 7-position 2” filter wheel

Filters:

Antlia Dual Narrowband 5nm Ha/OIII: 28x300s [2:20]
Antlia Dual Narrowband 5nm SII/Hb: 10x300s [0:50]
ZWO UV/IR cut Luminance filter (for RGB stars) 20x60s [0:20]

Integration 107PHQ: 3:30

Total integration time: 7:10

Processed in PixInsight and Adobe Photoshop