Thank you for sharing your photos - this is exactly what this project is all about! :-)
The Crescent Nebula, also known as the Brain Nebula or commonly as NGC 6888 in the constellation CYGNUS. Surprisingly, the result is actually decent. This is what happens when you use proper scripts for blending narrowband channels with RGB, instead of inventing various formulas in PixelMath that produce eye-searing results.
The shooting date is listed as August, but in reality, the different channels were captured in different months. And due to a camera rotation, about a third of the frame had to be cropped...
The Crescent Nebula, also known as the Brain Nebula or commonly as NGC 6888 in the constellation CYGNUS. Surprisingly, the result is actually decent. This is wh…
You know, sometimes it's better to crop—there's not much to see there anyway. And when the central object is as small as a pea, that's not great either, especially since your resolution allows for more.
A wide field of view matters too. I wish I could also shoot wide-field objects, not just whatever comes to mind. But I can say I enjoy catching incidental little details. And a telescope with a focal length around a meter is definitely a must.
4 Feb, 2026
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