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Crescent Nebula in Emission-Line
NGC6888
Object
Type Supernova Remnant
Constellation Cygnus
Distance 5,000 ly
More Info
Image
Date 15 Sep 2008 (Summer)
Place Carlsbad, CA
Exposure Data Ha 180 mins @ -10C
Ha 12x15 (bin 1x1)
Notes
Equipment
Optics Takahashi MT200 Newtonian
Focal Length 1200mm @f/6
Mount Astro-Physics 900GTO
Camera SBIG ST-2000XM
Focuser
Filters CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm Ha
Software Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop