NGC6888 - the Crescent Nebula
This image of the Crescent Nebula was taken the night before the 2009 Sask Summer Star Party. I am pretty happy to have captured it as we only had a few hours of dark sky the whole week.
Details
Date and Location – 2009-08-12; Cypress Hills at the Saskatchewan Summer Star Party.
Equipment – Williams 105mm with modified Canon T1i on HEQ5 mount.
Exposure – 36 min of light frames and 30 min of dark framesISO 1600 and 3200.
Processing – Alignment, stacking and digital development in ImagesPlus followed by some enhancement in Photoshop.