Observation by Alun Halsey: NGC6888

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Alun Halsey

Observer

Alun Halsey

Observed

2018 Oct 29 - 20:48

Uploaded

2018 Oct 30 - 17:26

Objects

The Crescent Nebula (NGC6888)

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 20^h11^m
Dec: +38°20'
Position angle: +91°10'

Field size

1°15' × 0°50'

Equipment

Skywatcher Esprit 150ED APO f7
QHY168C one shot colour
Castell 2" UHC filter
EQ6 pro
60mm refractor + Altair GPCAM2 130m for guiding

Exposure

900 seconds and 1200 seconds

Location

Reading Berkshire UK

Target name

Crescent nebula

Title

NGC6888

About this image

Six 900 second and three 1200 second subframes stacked in Deepskystacker and processed in Photoshop CS2.

Autoguiding using PHD2 and camera acquisition software was EZCap.

Files associated with this observation

NGC-6888-6x900s-3x1200s.jpg (768.1 kB)

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