NGC 6888 The Crescent Nebula

Subject:The Crescent Nebula in Cygnus
Telescope:Kitt Peak 0.9m Cassegrain
Mount:1965 Boller and Chivens in classical blue paint scheme.
Imager:Liquid Nitrogen Cooled CCD
Image Details:An RGB composite image using H-Alpha, V and B filters. Photoshop was then used to combine the separate images into the final color image here. This image was made possible by the TLRBSE observing run on the mountain on 30 June 2005.
Times were: 60 seconds in each filter.

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