Kwychang
NGC 6888
Also known as The Crescent Nebula.
When you see some of the amazing widefield views of this nebula shot with triplet & quad refractors and narrowband filters it almost looks like a brain in space!
Found in the constellation of Cygnus the Swan, the Crescent Nebula is approx 25 light years across.
Around some of the edges you can just make out some faint bluish hue, these are oxygen atoms, these look really awesome in good narrowband images. One day I may have the money to go down that path.
Data gathered at The Astronomy Centre, Todmorden, UK.
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 110, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO asiair plus.
Darks, Flats & Bias.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in StarTools
NGC 6888
Also known as The Crescent Nebula.
When you see some of the amazing widefield views of this nebula shot with triplet & quad refractors and narrowband filters it almost looks like a brain in space!
Found in the constellation of Cygnus the Swan, the Crescent Nebula is approx 25 light years across.
Around some of the edges you can just make out some faint bluish hue, these are oxygen atoms, these look really awesome in good narrowband images. One day I may have the money to go down that path.
Data gathered at The Astronomy Centre, Todmorden, UK.
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 110, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO asiair plus.
Darks, Flats & Bias.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in StarTools