Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Crescent Nebula  ·  IC 4996  ·  NGC 6888
NGC 6888 , also known as the Crescent Nebula, Cosar Catalin Daniel
NGC 6888 , also known as the Crescent Nebula
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NGC 6888 , also known as the Crescent Nebula

NGC 6888 , also known as the Crescent Nebula, Cosar Catalin Daniel
NGC 6888 , also known as the Crescent Nebula
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NGC 6888 , also known as the Crescent Nebula

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Description

NGC 6888 (in SHO ), also known as the Crescent Nebula, is a emission nebula in the constellation of Cygnus.

The image was taken during 5 nights and is a total of aprox. 12h of data.

Equipment used :

Baader Narrowband filters

Ha(7nm) - 11 x 1800sec

Oiii (8.5nm)- 14 x 1200sec

Sii(8nm) - 24 x 300sec

Televue Np101 telescope

EQ8_PRO Mount

Moravian G3_16200 camera

SG-4 standalone autoguider and Borg50 guidescope

Data captured with SGpro,alligned and stacked with ccd_stack 2 and processed in Pixinsight.

Location - Henlow (Bedfordshire).

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NGC 6888 , also known as the Crescent Nebula, Cosar Catalin Daniel