Finally! NGC 6888 - the Crescent Nebula in Ha

[Whippy]

And it's here at last . Fresh from the disappointment of gathering a whole load of data on Friday night only to find out it's ruined by unclean surfaces and despite my parents visiting yesterday and not getting subtle hints ("Mum! Dad! GO HOME!!" while throwing their shoes at them), last night was another clear night and so my final assult on this object. Pleased to say it's well worth it and I'm well happy with the outcome.

So, NGC 6888 - the Crescent Nebula. Grand total of 3hrs 54 mins exposure time (39 x 6mins) taken with an Atik 16HR with an Astronomik 13 Nm filter through a WO ZS110, guided by a QHY5 through a WO ZS66 with PHD doing the hard work. All atop an EQ6 pro, stacked in DSS and processed in photoshop.

I've got two versions of the processing for you. The first one is a a bit forced, perhaps a little garish.

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And this one is my preference, more natural looking but still showing plenty of detail.

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Tony..

[ncjunk]

Nice image, i think on balance I like the subtle second image...looks good.

Neil C

[CELESCOPE]

LOL, hey well done Tony , quality mate , yup second one for me , its nice to see all the detail that can be gathered with this neb , and you have it all , even the top part showing fine whispers , great stuff Tony .

Rog

[barkis]

Heh Heh!, I like your "Get thee Gone" tactics Tony, Didn't work sadly.

You through a lot at this one mate, and it has paid dividends.

I agree on the second one, a more natural appearance. Very good work, the progress is relentless.

Ron. :salute:

[blinky]

Nice one Tony, very very nice, you have managed to get loads of detail in that.

[Psychobilly]

Yep second shot for me to

Nice one Tony

[Roy]

Very nice Tony

[philj]

Very nice Tony, loads of detail in there.

Phil

[Aza]

Nice one, the second one for me too

[centroid]

Nice work Tony, and its the second one for me also.

Dave

[Whippy]

Thank you all for the nice comments, really appreciate it .

Tony..

[MartinB]

Lovely Crescent Tony. TBH I can't see much difference between the 2 but the amount of stretching looks about right in both!!

[SteveL]

second version is far better, more detail in the brighter bits that is washed out in the first version