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Crescent Moon and the Soap Bubble Nebula at Dusk

alesterre
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Category:Deep Sky
Published:
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Crescent Moon and the Soap Bubble Nebula at DuskNGC 6888
Resolution:
3848x2741 px
File size:
10758 KB

Photo description / processing

Captured over 13 nights from June 27 to July 14, 2021, during nautical twilight. The Sun's altitude never dropped below 12 degrees below the horizon during this period. I started and ended the hydrogen-alpha exposures at an altitude of about -8.5 degrees, and the oxygen-III exposures at -10.5 degrees (roughly the moments when the crescent outline began to appear in the evening and fade in the morning on stretched single frames). Each night, I managed to capture only 2-3 hours of useful data, but thanks to a long stretch of clear, cloudless weather, enough signal was accumulated to reveal faint details. The semi-permanent setup in my backyard allowed me to avoid going crazy from constantly assembling and disassembling the equipment. The small bluish circle in the lower left corner is the faint Soap Bubble Nebula. This planetary nebula was discovered relatively recently by an amateur astronomer (Dave Jurasevich) in his images from 2007 and 2008.

Technical information

Telescope/Lens
Sky-Watcher 130PDS
Camera
ZWO ASI294MM Pro
Mount
Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
Guide Scope
SVBONY 60/240
Guide Camera
QHY QHY5L-II-C
Accessories
Baader MPCC Mark III, SVBONY MFW
Software
Astro Pixel Processor, GIMP, Adobe Lightroom, Topaz DeNoise AI
Location
Старые Кены, Россия

Light pollution

Yellow, Bortle 5 zone

Date taken

Exposure

  • 383 × 180″ · ISO/Gain: 121 · Baader Ha 7nm ·
  • 227 × 180″ · ISO/Gain: 121 · Astronomik Oiii 6nm ·

Total exposure: 30 h 30 m

Comments

Bootlegger
Excellent! It gives hope that there is also life during the white nights!
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