Vulpecula is a faint constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for “little fox”, although it is commonly known simply as the fox. It was identified in the seventeenth century, and is located in the middle of the Summer Triangle (an asterism consisting of the bright stars Deneb, Vega, and Altair). This image shows an area of about 7 x 4.6 degrees at the western side of the constellation, bordering with Sagitta to the South and Cygnus and Lyra to the North.
This image shows many dark nebulae together with some bright nebulae and star clusters. On the left is the Emission Nebula NGC 6823 and just below it is the open cluster NGC 6820. Just below and right of center is an area of reflection nebulae NGC 6793, but the field is dominated by many dark nebulae. These are listed in Lynd’s catalog, with LDN 792 and 793 at left of center at the top. Above center are LDN 778, 781, 783 and 784, with LDN 779 just left of center. The brightest star just above center is Alpha Vulpeculae (Anser) at only magnitude 4.44. North-west of this is the open cluster NGC 6800.

Telescope: Askar FRA300pro f5
Mount: Astro Physics Mach-1
Camera: ZWO ASI6200MC pro
Guider: ZWO Off-Axis-Guider / ZWO120MM Mini
Filters: Optolong UV/IR Cut Filter (Luminance)

Lum: 49×5 mins = 245 mins

Total Imaging Time: 4h 05m

Data Imaged remotely over 2 nights during June 2023.
Data acquisition & Processing by David Churchill.

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