Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Crescent Nebula  ·  NGC 6888  ·  Sh2-105
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Crescent Nebula, Ben Loftin
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Crescent Nebula

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Crescent Nebula

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One night each with Ha and Oiii filters. The Oiii night still had quite a bit of smoke haze around Denver so the tracking was not so great. I'll try and get 2 more nights of imaging for a comparison. I am still trying to determine number of frames to try and shoot for.

Celestron AVX Mount
Meade Series 6000 70mm Quad ED Astrograph f/5 Refractor
Meade Series 6000 50mm Guide Scope
ZWO ASI120MC - Guide Camera
ZWO ASI294MM - Main Camera
Optolong HA & OIII filters

35x 300 sec Oiii
22x 300 sec Ha

Bortle: class 6
Elevation: 1758 meters
Location: South Denver

ASIAir Pro, guide/sequence etc. Pixinsight- Calibration/CC, dynamic crop, Pixel Math Ha; .65*Oiii+.35*Ha; .8Oiii+.2Ha for RGB , Stretch, Curves, HDRMT

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Crescent Nebula, Ben Loftin