NGC 6888 Crescent Nebula OSC plus mono Ha

Jesper Sundh

Lyon centre, France

Astro-Physics 1600GTO
Skywatcher 120ED, Skywatcher 80ED side-by-side
SXVR-M25C OSC, Atik 460EX mono
Astronomik UV/IR cut filter
Astrodon 3nm Ha filter

Another tricky image from a light polluted city centre. A SW120ED with an SXVR-M25C took the colour data 2 hours 20 minutes with a UV/IR cut filter only. A SW80ED took the Ha, with an Atik 460EX fitted with a 3nm Astrodon Ha filter, 2 hours 40 minutes.

2013-09-04T00:00:00