NGC 6888 Cresent Nebula

[Kuz]

Finally decided to try my luck with the cresent nebula it sits very low on the horizon from my house . I also have to contend with the lights of Gladstone's lovely industrialised landscape . I have bortle 4 to 5 skys looking south and what looks like daylight looking north .

30 x 300 sec light's
30 x 300 sec darks

Taken Optilong L enhance with zwo 294 pro and 80mm esprit

Thanks

[Saturnine (Jeff)]

For a not commonly imaged object from our side of the equator that is a pretty good capture. Good to see that some out there having a go at the rarely imaged stuff.

[jahnpahwa (JP)]

Nice one, Kuz!! I just realized the other night that this also appears above my northern horizon and am going to have a go at it.

Any reason you chose the 80 over 100mm for this? I was thinking of busting out the newt for it instead of my 80, try to bump up the image scale a bit?

[Kuz]

Thanks saturnine and jahnpahaw . I currently have my 80mm permanently set up with a zwo 294 and the 120mm with a zwo 1600 . I have only menaged to gather a couple of hours of HA so far on the rice bubble . Problem lately nice weather on work nights clouds on the weekend ,


Image had to be reduced about 200 % so have lost a bit of detail
Thanks

[Fernando]

Great image. And effort. I, also, even did not know we could image it in our southern hemiphere.