Crescent Nebula Wide-Field
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Crescent Nebula Wide-Field
Wide-field view of the Crescent Nebula, a.k.a NGC 6888, Caldwell 27 or Sharpless 105. Emission nebula in Cygnus ~5000 ly away, the blue object in the center.
Formed by the stellar wind from the Wolf-Rayet star WR 136 (HD 192163).
The Soap Bubble Nebula, or PN G75.5+1.7, and emission nebula SH2-104 can also be seen.
SHO 19h (114x600s) Hubble Palette false-color image. Taken from SPA-3 telescope a Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4 with FLI PL16083 camera and Astrodon filters, part of telescope.live network. Taken on June-Dec 2021.
Processed in PixInsight.
Formed by the stellar wind from the Wolf-Rayet star WR 136 (HD 192163).
The Soap Bubble Nebula, or PN G75.5+1.7, and emission nebula SH2-104 can also be seen.
SHO 19h (114x600s) Hubble Palette false-color image. Taken from SPA-3 telescope a Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4 with FLI PL16083 camera and Astrodon filters, part of telescope.live network. Taken on June-Dec 2021.
Processed in PixInsight.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
SPA-3 Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4
Camera
FLI PL16083
Location
IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain
Date of observation
June-Dec 2021
Filters
Astrodon HSO
Processing
PixInsight
