NGC 6888  

(The Crescent Nebula)

Photo Details:

• Instrument: William Optics ZenithStar 66 f/5.9 SD w/0.8 reducer on GP-DX.
• Filters: Baader IR block.
• Exposure: 98 min. 10 x 300 and 16 x 180 sec.
• Camera: Starlight Xpress SXV-H9C
• Software: Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2, Neatimage.
• Location: 10 22 29.33 E -  59 11 47.83 N.
• Date: 01.11 and 02.11.2006.
• Local Time: aprox. 23.00
• Comments: The First real picture with the WO.ZS and the SXV-H9C.
• Guiding: K3CCDTools and webcam on Vixen ED80SF.
• Explanation: Real bright moon. I screwed the FR. on wrong to the WO. so it made a lot of coma, my mistake :-( thus the crop of the image.

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