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Description
You can see here a wide field around the Crescent Nebula, NGC6888. Trained eyes will also be able to see the very faint Soap Bubble Nebula located at the bottom left of the first one.
The Crescent Nebula is a Wolf-Rayet star. It is located in the constellation Cygnus and is distant about 5,000 light-years.
All the reddish wisps present in the photo are clouds consisting in very large majority of hydrogen.
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Technical details
- Location :
- Hélécine
- Date :
- 23/09/2023
- Celestial Coordinates :
- RA: 20h 18m 00s
Dec: +38° 27' 40" - Acquisition :
- 76 x 300s (6h20)
- Calibration :
- Offsets + Flats
- Mount :
- HEQ5 + kit Rowan
- Optics :
- Askar FRA400
- Camera :
- Asi2600Mc Pro
- Filter :
- Optolong L-Ultimate
- Distance :
- 5000 light years
- Constellation :
- Cygnus
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