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NGC 6888 (The Crescent Nebula), 



    
        

            Cédric Champeau
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NGC 6888 (The Crescent Nebula)

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NGC 6888 (The Crescent Nebula), 



    
        

            Cédric Champeau
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NGC 6888 (The Crescent Nebula)

Acquisition details

Dates:
June 27, 2022
Frames:
60×60(1h)
Integration:
1h
Avg. Moon age:
28.09 days
Avg. Moon phase:
2.33%

RA center: 20h12m04s.73

DEC center: +38°2007.1

Pixel scale: 1.496 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 12.980 degrees (flipped)

Field radius: 2.375 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open 

Resolution: 9537x6292

File size: 10.6 MB

Data source: Backyard

Description

Imaging with the hyperstar and a large sensor is extremely challenging. As a proof, I beg you not to look at the right of the image, where stars are very elongated. This is because of wrong collimation. It looked ok at first glance, I even checked with a tri-bahtinov mask, but here we are...

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NGC 6888 (The Crescent Nebula), 



    
        

            Cédric Champeau