Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888)

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Two LRGB renditions:

https://savannahskies.smugmug.com/Nebula/i-Hpwn3zK/A

and slightly brighter ...:question:

https://savannahskies.smugmug.com/Nebula/i-mLjJmbv/A

Thanks for looking.
Cheers,
Tim

[gregbradley]

Wow, we don't get these down further south. Great you can reach these.

Nice one.

Greg.

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Thanks Greg,
Yes, it is nice to steal a bit from the Northern sky!
Living near the equator does have some benefits!
Cheers,
Tim

[multiweb]

Nice catch Tim :thumbsup: I did that one in Ha years ago in between two pegs on my neighbourg clothes line just above my northern fence.

[Placidus]

Well done Tim. At surface brightness about 15.5 mag/sq arcmin, it wouldn't be straightforward. We might get about 4.5 hours of this Diamond one Hot August Night when it's best positioned.

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Thanks M+T,
Yes, even up here at -17deg S it only gets up to an altitude of around 35deg.
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Cheers Marc!
Yes a challenge from down south with fences and cloths pegs !!!

[Paul Haese]

Nice Tim, lovely rich colour and detail. Any Ha coming?

[markas]

Fine image, Tim:thumbsup: Nice to see - a bit far north for here!



Mark

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Thanks Mark!



Thanks Paul!

This what happened when I blended in the Ha data:
https://savannahskies.smugmug.com/Nebula/i-2cTmPm6/A

Cheers,
Tim

[PeterSEllis]

Hi Tim,
Nicely processed, you have a beautiful sharp image with plenty of colour, a good one to add to the collection.

Cheers
Peter

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Thanks very much Peter!

[AnakChan]

Nice shot of it!! I like the Ha addition to it.

I too was lucky to have had the opportunity image the Crescent Nebula when I was living in Japan, but at that time I was still a noob at digital astrophotography and over processed it. It ended being a little too "Zsa Zsa Gabor"-ish.

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Thanks Sean,
What were the night skies like in Japan? ...Your Crescent Neb is good.
Cheers,
Tim

[AnakChan]

I lived & worked in Tokyo for about 19.5 yrs. My friends would drive to Chiba (a golf course conveniently named Cosmo Classic GC) & we asked for permission to use their car park. It’s about Bortle 6 skies with a major glow from the Kawasaki factories but the east & south were decently dark (peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean).

One can get darker Bortle 2 skies driving up to the mountains but would have to keep in mind of bears.

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Wow! Bortle 2 skies with bears!! :eyepop:

[cometcatcher]

Nice one Tim! It is a pretty one. Makes me want to get the chainsaw out again.

[strongmanmike]

Yaay! Tim :2thumbs: a great shot of a normally, northerners target :thumbsup:

Mike
I miss those black Savannah Skies..skies :sadeyes:

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Thanks Mike!
The dark Savannah sky misses you too!!

Cheers,
Tim