NGC6888 | The Crescent and Surrounding Area (Tom Hitchen)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: 27 b01 Cyg · 28 b02 Cyg · 29 b03 Cyg · 34 P Cyg · 36 Cyg · B343 · B344 · Crescent Nebula · Cygnus · IC 4996 · NGC 6881 · NGC 6888 · PK074+01.1 · PK074+02.1 · PK075+04.1 · PK076+01.1 · PK076+01.2 · PK077+02.1 · PK077+03.1 · PK077+03.2 · Sh2-104 · Sh2-105 · The star 27Cyg · The star 28Cyg · The star 29Cyg · The star 34Cyg · The star 36Cyg · VdB130

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NGC6888 | The Crescent and Surrounding Area

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Both of my previous attempts around this region have had the Crescent on the edge of the frame, and after seeing Cuiv's Video, I wanted to capture it with it centered and also include WR134 on the right side.

I really like how the image came out and the Oxygen shell of the Crescent is visible, though not well defined, and the Soap Bubble is just barely visible beneath it which I'm impressed with for the integration time and the wide Oxygen bandpass of the L-eNhance as well as the WR134 shell.

I also like how the colour of the stars turned out and the only thing that I did differently was adding the RGB stars in just after stretching, rather than at the end so that may have been the reason.

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Title: Single Frame

Description: ISS passing by the Crescent

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Title: Starless Version

Description: Starless version

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Title: Re-Process

Description: Used NoiseXTerminator and some sharpening

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Astrometry.net job	4921254
PixInsight job	15ZCFY3MCK52BQS1650VBNONMFP05RIR
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RA (center)	20h12m06s.34
RA (top/left)	20h03m45s.59
RA (top/right)	20h04m19s.22
RA (bottom/right)	20h19m53s.99
RA (bottom/left)	20h20m27s.40

Dec (center)	+38°21′16″.8
Dec (top/left)	+40°49′03″.4
Dec (top/right)	+35°51′30″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	+35°51′28″.2
Dec (bottom/left)	+40°49′07″.8

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