Helena Observatory,   North Alton, NS

NGC 6820 Emission Nebula

15-May-2026 09:09 ADT 15-May-2026 12:09 UTC

We are moving! In preparation for that, observations, both meteorological and astronomical, will be discontinued.
They will resume once we have settled in at the new location in Tupperville, likely in July.


NGC 6820 Emission Nebula, 23-May-2014

Scope: Orion 200mm Astrograph, f/4
Mount: HEQ5
Guiding: KWIQ/QHY5 / PHD
Imaging Camera: Atik 383L+
Frames: 6 x 10m Ha; 6 x 5m G; 11 x 5m B
- mapped: Ha -> R; G & B left natural
Total Exposure: 2h25m
Processing: PixInsight
Distance: 6 kly
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Images captured over several nights, 2014-05-23 to 2014-05-31.
Reprocessed 2016-12-16
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