NGC6888

"The Cresent Nebula"

Constellation- Cygnus

 

 

Right Ascension- 20h 12m 18s

Declination- 38° 22' 00s

Size- 18x18 arc minutes

Magnitude- ~10

 

Image information-

Date taken- July 20, 2004

Telescope/Focal length/Camera/Temperature- NexStar11 GPS @ f/6.8, SBIG ST-8XE NABG @ -20C, autoguided with CCDSoft Ver. 5.0

Integrations- LRGB L = 30 x 120 seconds, R = 13 x 240 seconds, G = 8 x 240 seconds, B = 16 x 240 seconds

Processing- Flats and darks in CCDSoft Ver. 5.0, aligned in AIP4WIN, levels and curves on Photoshop 5.0, combined in Astroart 2.0