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Backyard survey · Cepheus to Vulpecula

Backyard Milky Way survey

A backyard view of the northern Milky Way, with deeper nebula and cluster fields branching from a 2.5-hour panorama.

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1root fields
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A vertical Milky Way panorama surrounded by deeper views of Cepheus, Cygnus, and Vulpecula
Milky Way · Cepheus through Vulpecula · compact scale map Configured from Backyard Milky Way Survey.md

Registered scale map

Travel from sky region to target

10 of 10 transitions registered with WCS · branches mapped around the root
Overlays

  1. Milkyway Cepheus through Vulpecula

    Milky Way · Cepheus through Vulpecula

    A 2.5-hour backyard panorama, following the northern Milky Way through Cygnus.

  2. Cepheus Region

    NGC 7380 · Wizard

    A 13-hour view near the Cepheus end of the panorama.

  3. Cepheus Region

    Sh2-132 · Lion

    Six hours on the broad emission clouds of the Lion.

  4. Cepheus Region

    IC 1396 · Elephant’s Trunk

    The SHO rendering combines 11 hours of Hα with six hours of SII.

  5. Broader Sadr Region

    IC 5146 · Cocoon

    The Cocoon and its surrounding dark dust lanes.

  6. Broader Sadr Region

    North America · Pelican · Clamshell

    A 30-hour mosaic of the nebulae around Deneb.

  7. Broader Sadr Region

    NGC 7000 + IC 5070

    A closer look at North America and Pelican.

  8. Broader Sadr Region

    Crescent + Sadr region

    The rich emission fields around Sadr and the Crescent.

  9. Broader Sadr Region

    Butterfly + Crescent

    A deeper view into the same Cygnus cloud complex.

  10. Broader Sadr Region

    Sh2-101 · Tulip

    An 18-hour narrowband view farther along the Cygnus star clouds.

  11. Dumbbell Nebula Vulpecula Region

    M27 · NGC 6830 · NGC 6823

    A 15-hour field connecting the Dumbbell to the Vulpecula clusters.

Backyard Milky Way survey

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The northern Milky Way from the backyard

This 2.5-hour panorama is the backyard counterpart to the wide Milky Way view planned for Cherry Springs. It follows the star clouds and dark lanes from Cepheus through Cygnus into Vulpecula.

Deeper results branch from both sides of the panorama. Two fields continue to a closer scale: North America and Pelican within the 30-hour mosaic, and Butterfly and Crescent within the broader Sadr field. Each selected frame lies inside its parent’s field of view.