NGC 6888 (Crescent Nebula)

 Posted: Dec 11th, 2022
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Telescope/Lens: SVBONY SV503 70/420 ED
Camera: ZWO ASI 178 MC
Mount: SW AZ-GTI
Software: SharpCap 4.0(Live Stack(EAA)),Astra Image
Accessories: Optolong L-pro
Exposure:
88 x 10" ISO/Gain: 300
Red, Bortle 7 zone:
 Nijniy Novgorod, Russia
 Dec 6th, 2022
15 m
1024
Resolution: 2942x1863 px
Scale: 16471 KB
Distance from Earth: ~4,700 light-years.
The nebula formed around the star WR 136 (HD 192163), a Wolf–Rayet type, through the ionization of slower-moving gas—ejected by this red giant about 400,000 years ago—by its fast stellar wind.
Updated
  14 Dec, 2022
  25 m
Distance from Earth: ~4,700 light-years. The nebula formed around the star WR 136 (HD 192163), a Wolf–Rayet type, through the ionization of slower-moving gas—ej…
  14 Dec, 2022
  25 m
Distance from Earth: ~4,700 light-years. The nebula formed around the star WR 136 (HD 192163), a Wolf–Rayet type, through the ionization of slower-moving gas—ej…
Current photo
  11 Dec, 2022
  15 m
Distance from Earth: ~4,700 light-years. The nebula formed around the star WR 136 (HD 192163), a Wolf–Rayet type, through the ionization of slower-moving gas—ej…
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