NGC6888

Crescent Nebula in Emission-Line

NGC6888

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Object Info

Type

Supernova Remnant

Constellation

Cygnus

Distance

5,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

June 8, 2013

Location

Palomar Mountain, CA

Exposure

Ha 10x15 (bin 1x1)

Equipment

Optics

DSI RC10C Corrected RC Astrograph

Focal Length

1867mm @f/7.3

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

QSI 683wsg-8

Focuser

Built-in Secondary Focuser

Filters

Astrodon 3nm Ha

Software

MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop