Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Crescent Nebula  ·  NGC 6888  ·  Sh2-105
NGC6888 (Crescent Nebula), John Smart
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NGC6888 (Crescent Nebula)

NGC6888 (Crescent Nebula), John Smart
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NGC6888 (Crescent Nebula)

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The Crescent Nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away from Earth.

Processed HOO Narrowband image.

HA filter: 36 X 300 sec exposures in Red channel.

OIII filter: 36 X 300 sec exposures in Blue + Green channels.

Total integration time = 6 hours.

Stacked and processed in Pixinsight, Finished in Photoshop.

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NGC6888 (Crescent Nebula), John Smart