Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  29 Cyg  ·  34 Cyg)  ·  Crescent Nebula  ·  IC 4996  ·  NGC 6888  ·  Permanent nova (P Cyg  ·  The star 36 Cyg  ·  The star Revenant of the Swan  ·  The star b3 Cyg
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Crescent Nebula, IC4996, NGC6881 and The Soap Bubble Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
Crescent Nebula, IC4996, NGC6881 and The Soap Bubble Nebula
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Crescent Nebula, IC4996, NGC6881 and The Soap Bubble Nebula

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Crescent Nebula, IC4996, NGC6881 and The Soap Bubble Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
Crescent Nebula, IC4996, NGC6881 and The Soap Bubble Nebula
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Crescent Nebula, IC4996, NGC6881 and The Soap Bubble Nebula

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Crescent Nebula was captured when the moon was between 87% and 94%. One of the first images using the new update from Voyager called Advanced and what a great upgrade, it makes life so much easier.

Captured by David Wills at PixelSkies, Castillejar, Spain www.pixelskiesastro.com

Ha x 58 300 secs

4 hrs 50 mins hours in total.

Equipment used:

Telescope: Takahashi Baby Q FSQ-85ED F3.9

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Pro Mono Cooled to -10C 

Image Scale: 2.82

Guiding: OAG

Filters: Astronomik Ha

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition: Voyager Advanced

Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC, StarXTerminator, StarNet v2,NoiseXTerminator

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Crescent Nebula, IC4996, NGC6881 and The Soap Bubble Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)