NGC 6888 - The Crescent Nebula (Tom the Astro Canuck)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: Crescent Nebula · IC 4996 · NGC 6888

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NGC 6888 - The Crescent Nebula

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NGC 6888 - The Crescent Nebula

I was intimidated by 1's and 0's. The astrophotography image processing program called PixInsight had me in a state of arrested development. I heard so many good things about the program, but even more about people giving up on it because it was too difficult - very counterintuitive compared to Photoshop. I'll keep this short as this is my 4th Crescent Nebula post in as many weeks (with a couple more to come.) I dove right in with the 45 day free trial, and the only thing I was frustrated with was my delay in utilising PixInsight.

Bottom line; yes, Pixinsight is counterintuitive but you can tailor it to your needs, and if you are willing to put in a couple days worth of tutorials you can start to scratch the surface like I have. I am excited to dig deeper into the features of PI, rediscover some old images of mine.

This image is 23 hours and 52 minutes, over multiple short sessions, processed in Pixinsight and given a little polish with Photoshop.

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	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
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Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

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