Simon Todd Astrophotography
NGC6888 - Crescent Nebula in SHO Narrowband
The Crescent Nebula is located in the constellation of Cygnus, I have attempted to image this in the past without success, but this time I managed to get quite a lot of data to play with, the data was acquired on various nights in September, October and November 2018
Image Details:
Red Channel - SII Data - 89x300S
Green Channel - Ha Data - 64x300S
Blue Channel - OIII Data - 109x300S
101 Darsk, Flats and BIAS Frames used
Equipment Used:
Imaging Camera: QHY183M Mono ColdMOS Camera at -20C
Imaging Scope: Skywatcher Quattro 8" F4 Newtonian
Guide Scope: Skywatcher Finder Scope
Guide Camera: QHY5L-II
Mount: Skywatcher EQ8 Pro GEM Mount
Focuser: PrimaluceLabs ROBO Focuser
Filterwheel: StarlightXpress 7x36mm EFW
Filters: Baader 7nm Ha, SII and OIII
Acquision Software: Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator Pro
Processing Software: Pixinsight 1.8.5
NGC6888 - Crescent Nebula in SHO Narrowband
The Crescent Nebula is located in the constellation of Cygnus, I have attempted to image this in the past without success, but this time I managed to get quite a lot of data to play with, the data was acquired on various nights in September, October and November 2018
Image Details:
Red Channel - SII Data - 89x300S
Green Channel - Ha Data - 64x300S
Blue Channel - OIII Data - 109x300S
101 Darsk, Flats and BIAS Frames used
Equipment Used:
Imaging Camera: QHY183M Mono ColdMOS Camera at -20C
Imaging Scope: Skywatcher Quattro 8" F4 Newtonian
Guide Scope: Skywatcher Finder Scope
Guide Camera: QHY5L-II
Mount: Skywatcher EQ8 Pro GEM Mount
Focuser: PrimaluceLabs ROBO Focuser
Filterwheel: StarlightXpress 7x36mm EFW
Filters: Baader 7nm Ha, SII and OIII
Acquision Software: Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator Pro
Processing Software: Pixinsight 1.8.5