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The Crescent Nebula

Here is the Crescent Nebula in the constellation Cygnus.

 

I've recently reprocessed this image with more attention paid to the star colors. It was captured using a dual-bandpass narrowband filter, which can create some odd colors.

 

About the Crescent Nebula: astrobackyard.com/ngc-6888-crescent-nebula/

 

Details:

 

Captured from Bortle Class 6/7 backyard in St. Catharines, Ontario

August 23, 2019

 

Exposure: 25 x 5-minutes (2 Hours, 5 minutes total)

 

Telescope: Sky-Watcher Esprit 100 APO refractor (550mm FL, F/5.5)

Filter: Optolong L-eNhance

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro

Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro (Color)

 

Autoguiding through PHD2

Stacking in DeepSkyStacker

Processing in Adobe Photoshop 2020

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Uploaded on April 4, 2020