Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Crescent Nebula  ·  NGC 6888
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NGC688 in HaRGB, dkamen
NGC688 in HaRGB
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NGC688 in HaRGB, dkamen
NGC688 in HaRGB
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So I jumped into the Ha bandwagon.

I used a part of my large Cygnus mosaic for the G,B channels and for keeping R under control in the stars. The acquisition details for that can be seen here,

It was interesting being able to capture the Crescent during a 80%-100% full moon. But I can't say it was pleasant.

The good news is I fixed a spacing issue with the 0.5 reducer, now I get much better focusing and less deformed stars. I still have a small tilt which deforms the stars somewhat in the leftmost 1/10th of the image. Probably a slight collimation issue but I think I can live with it.

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NGC688 in HaRGB, dkamen

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