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

May 17, 2008

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

Ha 12x15 (bin 1x1)

Equipment

Optics

Vixen VC200L Corrected Reflector

Focal Length

1280mm @f/6.4

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm Ha

Software

CCD Commander, MaxIm DL 4, CCDStack, Photoshop cs3