Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Crescent Nebula  ·  NGC 6888
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Crescent Nebula (NGC6888) updated stars processing and different taste, 



    
        

            Jian Yuan Peng
Crescent Nebula (NGC6888) updated stars processing and different taste
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Crescent Nebula (NGC6888) updated stars processing and different taste

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Crescent Nebula (NGC6888) updated stars processing and different taste, 



    
        

            Jian Yuan Peng
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Crescent Nebula (NGC6888) updated stars processing and different taste

Acquisition details

Dates:
June 10, 2020
Frames:
97×600(16h 10′)
Integration:
16h 10′
Avg. Moon age:
19.60 days
Avg. Moon phase:
75.83%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 3631735

RA center: 20h11m19s.4

DEC center: +38°2504

Pixel scale: 1.358 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 0.103 degrees

Field radius: 1.109 degrees

Resolution: 4800x3394

File size: 6.6 MB

Locations: CourtYard, Palo Alto, CA, United States

Data source: Backyard

Description

Post-process this image used the Adam Block's star de-emphasis method to reduce the stars.

Also, I made a little change to make the whole starfield dark to emphasize the main object for my taste.

Acquired this target from June 2 to June 9, 2020, at Bortle scale 7 location. The narrowband filter did help a lot to reduce light pollution. This was my first time mounted TEC 160FL on A-P Mach2GTO without modeling. In order to take advantage of the optical of the telescope, I decided to use a full-frame color camera - ASI6200MC pro. Used bin2 did help to reduce the exposure time and retain the contrast and high signal to noise ratio.

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Crescent Nebula (NGC6888) updated stars processing and different taste, 



    
        

            Jian Yuan Peng