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Sh2-71 and dark nebulas in Aquila

Sh2 -71 (PK 36- 1.1) visible as a left center of the image is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Aquila. There is some nice dark nebula action on the right side of the image. My charts do not show any labels for these dark nebulas.

I shot this area a while ago with my 400 mm setup, but the star shapes in the corners left me wanting more, so here it is again with more appropriate gear.

Technical details:
Date: Aug 6, 2016
Time: 9:15 pm - 1:00 am
Camera: SBIG STF-8300M
CCD Temperature: -5 C
Optics: Televue 127is (native)
Filter: AstroDon L
Light frames: 23x8 min
Dark frames: 16
Flat frames: 50
Flat darks: 50
Binning: 1x1
Guiding: Orion SSAG @ Orion finder (~162 mm)
Mount: AP Mach 1
Dithering: Manual
Processing: Stacking and deconvolution in CCDStack, Curves, Levels in PSCS6.

Other notes:
It was windy = not that much fun. Fortunately the star shapes didn't suffer too much.

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Sh2-71 and dark nebulas in Aquila