NGC 6888, The Crescent Nebula.

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NGC 6888, The Crescent Nebula.

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NGC 6888, The Crescent Nebula. . This is a very dim object; its actual surface brightness is a depressing 16.
Telescope st120mm, no reducer.

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beautiful!!
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Nice shot kimo. What are those aberrations to the lower right? Any way to get rid of them?
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Re: NGC 6888, The Crescent Nebula.

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Thanks. yes, it can remove buy image processing. raw image don't have such odd star. I wanted to reduce the star size through photo shop so it became like this.
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Re: NGC 6888, The Crescent Nebula.

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here is another one. at the left side have some reflection of HDB lights. not easy to remove.

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Good job accepting the challenge of Singapore's skies! [smilie=good-job.gif]
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Nice! Must get some lessons on processing from you!
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