NGC 6888/Crescent Nebula

Equipment used:

Telescope: Takahashi FRC-300 (Imaging scope) & Takahashi FS-78 (guide scope)

Mount: Takahashi EM-500 Temma II

Camera: Apogee U16M with Apogee's AI FW-50 7S filter wheel and SBIG ST402-XME (guide camera)

Filters: Astrodon Filters H-Alpha 5nm, Sulfur II 5nm, Oxygen III 3nm

Location: Philadelphia, PA.

Image info: Imaged on 05-24/25-08 H-Alpha 30min x 5, Sulfur II 30min x 5, Oxygen III 30min x 5

Total exposure time 7.5hrs

Processing: CCDStack & Adobe Photoshop CS2

This version was completed in the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) Palette

Red Channel - H-Alpha

Green Channel - OxygenIII

Blue Channel - SulfurII

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