Observation by Dave Smith: NGC 6888 The Crescent Nebula in bi-colou...

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Dave Smith

Observer

Dave Smith

Observed

2016 Sep 25 - 11:43

Uploaded

2017 Mar 29 - 11:46

Objects

The Crescent Nebula (NGC6888)

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 20^h12^m
Dec: +38°17'
Position angle: -20°39'

Field size

1°31' × 1°10'

Target name

NGC 6888

Title

NGC 6888 The Crescent Nebula in bi-colour

Files associated with this observation

NGC6888Bicol-02.jpg (365.2 kB)

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Jeremy Shears, Nick Hewitt, Dawson, Dr Ollie Garrett, Graham Winstanley, Peter Carson

Comments

Dave Smith, 2017 Mar 29 - 11:51 UTC

I was pleased to also capture the elusive soap bubble nebula at bottom left of the image.

Dr Ollie Garrett, 2017 Mar 30 - 18:21 UTC

A splendid image. Can you provide details of the equipment and exposures used to create it?

Dave Smith, 2017 Mar 31 - 17:04 UTC

This image was taken on the nights of 26,28 September and 2nd and 10th of October 2016 through my Megrez 90 refractor with 0.8x focal reducer and Atik 460EX CCD camera with Astrodon 3nm filters. It consists of 50 x 600s in OIII and 33 x 600s in Ha. The soap bubble was not visible in any of the subs, only when stacked and processed.

Dave

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