NGC6888 Crescent Nebula

[Doogs38]

Imagine my surprise/delight when I realised I could see some of the higher gems in Cygnus (to the north) albeit looking into the muck of Brisbane's light dome, and, skimming above my neighbour's roof tops. End result - a bugger of an image to process! I did however manage to extract some detail in the nebula and some Oiii too - yay! The reality is, given my suburban location, this needs double the integration time but it'll have to wait until next year. Details are:

SW120ED, ASI294MC, Antlia Ha-Oiii filter
88x240s = 5hrs 52mins (over 4 nights)
Integrated in APP, processed in PI and PS.

Thanks for looking. Alex

[Dave882]

Wow I can’t believe you could get so much detail on this little thing low in the sky! I tried from Sydney and I couldn’t get anything Fantastic work!

[carlstronomy]

Very nice indeed Alex, bloody good image that one. Not much else I can say!

Clear skies :thumbsup:

[joshman]

Very Nice! Do you have a high res version online somewhere? I really love to see all the nebulosity inside the "brain" up close.

I managed to image it earlier this year from Coffs Harbour (https://www.astrobin.com/dq38t4/), now that is Low on the horizon! I think my only saving grace was that the light dome of Coffs Harbour is no where near as intense as Brisbane!

[Doogs38]

Thanks Dave, Carl and Josh. Hires is here (https://pbase.com/doogs38/image/174073693/original) but it's rather large due to using drizzle integration. Alex