NGC6888 The Cresent

Rancho Del Sol Observatory · Camino, California

NGC6888 The Cresent by Ken Crawford

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Image Equipment Details

  • RCOS 20" carbon truss - 100mm FFC
  • Paramount ME
  • Apogee Alta u16m
  • SBIG ST402 Guider
  • Astrodon MegaMoag
  • Astrodon 50mm Sq Filters

Exposure Details

  • Clear/ Lum = 0 minutes
  • Red = 90 minutes
  • Green = 90 minutes
  • Blue = 90 minutes
  • Ha 5nm = 180 minutes
  • OIII 3nm. = 180 minutes
  • SII 5nm = 0 minutes

Software Used

  • MaxDL 5
  • CCDAutopilot 4
  • CCDStack2
  • Photoshop CC & PIxInsight

About this image


NGC6888 or also known as the Cresent Nebula is around 5,000 light-years away. It is a bubble of expanding gas that is about 25,000 light-years across powered by a Wolf-Rayet star WR-136. Click the full screen button to zoom and pan and to see the details.

Full Size Image

Wolf-Rayet star WR-136 - Click on the image for a full size jpg of the cresent nebula.

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