Crescent Nebula
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Description: Emission Nebula
Common Name: Crescent Nebula
Messier Catalogue: N/A
NGC: 6888
IC: N/A
Caldwell: N/A
LBN: N/A
Constellation: Cygnus
Size: 20.0 x 10.0 Arc Minutess
Visual Magnitude: +7.40
Distance: 5,000 Light Years
Canon EOS 1000D
ISO: 400
Video: N/A
Light Frames: 7 x 180 Seconds
Dark Frames: N/A
Bias Frames: N/A
Flat Frames: N/A
Capture Program: BackYardEOS
Stacking program: DeepSkyStacker
Post Processing: PhotoShop CS3
Date Taken: 27/06/2018
Image Type: RGB
Dark Site?:No-Garden
Telescope: Altair StarWave 70ED
Diameter: 70mm
Focal Length: 420mm
Reducer/Flattener?: Flattener/reducer
Mount Control: N/A
Mount: SkyWatcher Star Adventurer
Guided?: Yes PHD2
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