NGC6888


22/07/2006
Object name: NGC6888 Crescent nebula
Popular name: Crescent nebula
Object type: Bright Nebula
Magnitude: 10
Size: 18 13
Classification: EN
Apparent RA: 20 12 06.5 Apparent Dec: +38 21 18
Constellation: Cygnus

A murky night with scattered high cloud and lots and lots of moisture. Very humid - which resulted in a very damp telescope by the end of the night. I decided to simply whack the CLS filter onto the camera, and rove around the sky a bit in 2x2 binning mode.

This is perhaps my deepest crescent nebula so far. To do any better I think I need a hydrogen alpha filter

Captured in Artemis Capture. Calibrated in ImageViewCa. Stacking in Maxim. DDP in maxim. Post processing in photoshop

This image was autoguided using my 400mm focal length refractor and my black and white SC1 webcam.

Current Imaging equipment configuration

Exposure Details :

Coma Corrector CLS 18x120s on 200mm @ F5 with ART285

Curdridge Observatory, Southampton,UK