Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Crescent nebula  ·  NGC 6888
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Crescent Nebula in True Color, KuriousGeorge
Crescent Nebula in True Color
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Crescent Nebula in True Color

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Crescent Nebula in True Color, KuriousGeorge
Crescent Nebula in True Color
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Crescent Nebula in True Color

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While I'm mainly setup for galaxies in LRGB, I thought it might be interesting to see what the Crescent Nebula would look like in RGB.

I tried collecting L but discarded it. The stars overpowered the nebula with none of the nebulosity you typically see through OIII and SII narrowband filters. And this is with a 21.4 SQM sky and 6 hours of L in a 24". The Ha emssions were clearly visible in L.

What you see here is pure RGB with no Luminance overlay. Processing is very simple. DBE, BN, PCC, Stretch and LHE in PI, followed by Levels, Shadows, HPF, Star Shrink and very mild de-noise in PS.

As always, comments are much appreciated!

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Crescent Nebula in True Color, KuriousGeorge