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NGC6888 Crescent Nebula

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NGC6888 Crescent Nebula

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NGC6888, The Crescent Nebula... another first: longer exposures (600") and a focus on improving guiding numbers.  Dual-band (HA/OIII) data only, using the L'Extreme filter. Although this was a 3 night project, the total integration time was a very disappointing 2+ hrs in the end. Such is life on the bumpy road of learning astrophotography...

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NGC6888 Crescent Nebula, starpixels