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Description: Bright Nebula
Common Name: Crescent
Messier Catalogue: N/A
NGC: 6888
IC: N/A
Sharpless: N/A
Constellation: Cygnus
Size: 20.0 x 10.0 Arc Mins
Visual Magnitude: +5.59
Distance: 5,000 Light Years
Crescent Nebula
The
Crescent
Nebula
is
fairly
easy
to
find.
Locate
Deneb
and
cast a line through to Sadr and
follow
through
by
another
third
and
you
will
locate
the
Crescent Nebula.
Date Taken: 19/05/2020
Image Type: Hydrogen Alpha
Dark Site?:
No - Garden
Telescope: Altair StarWave 70ED
Diameter: 70mm
Focal Length: 420mm
Reducer/Flattener?: Flattener/reducer
Mount Control: Voyo Mini Windows PC
Mount: iEXOS 100 PMC-Eight
Guided?: Yes
Guiding Software: PHD2
Camera: Canon EOS 450D
Filter: Hydrogen Alpha 7nm
ISO: 800
Video: N/A
Light Frames: 7 x 20 Minutes
Dark Frames: 4 x 20 Minutes
Bias Frames: N/A
Flat Frames: 20
Capture Program: APT
Stacking program: DeepSkyStacker
Post Processing: PhotoShop CS3
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