NGC 6888

[Roy]

I took advantage of yet another clear night last night and nabbed a quick one.

This was 12 x 5 mins Ha through the 66SD.

[CELESCOPE]

difficult target that one Roy , but its come out pretty well ,but guess would have been far better without that pesky moon around, but still a corker all the same

Rog

do u ever sleep Roy ehehehehhe

[geppetto]

Amazing what a 66mm can see 8)

[centroid]

As Rog said, you do pick the 'hard' one's Roy.

Nice result!!

Dave

[mpeniak]

Amazing picture, nice detail there

Martin

[Robd]

Great image Roy, as were your previous posts.

[MartinB]

Good Crescent Roy. On my list too sometime this Summer

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

On my list in a few months too. Lovely image Roy.

Captain Chaos

[Astroman]

The Crescent Nebula! Just 2º south of Gamma Cygni. It's embarrasing, but for years I'd tell people this was a supernova remnant. Came to find out it's a Wolf-Rayet star ejecting its outer atmosphere and illuminating it in UV radiation. I remember a friend and I looking for this with his 12" Dob. We could see the triangular star pattern with the 3 stars trailing but missed the nebula entirely. This was from Grand Canyon with no moon, so we should have seen it. Tried again with an OIII filter, UHC, and colored glass to no avail. May have to try again, now that it's more familiar. Same with the Horsehead.

Anyway, very nice image!

[daz]

Easy mistake to make AM

Superb piccy that Roy, really nice details!

[barkis]

You must have a fine toothed comb able to dig these out Roy. What a beaut.

Ron.

[MikeD]

Nice and deep, top job