NGC6888 the Crescent nebula

[Rick]

Both of those images are in the gallery:

http://gallery.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/displayimage-558.html

http://gallery.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/displayimage-567.html

[MarkS]

Lovely image Robert - one of the best I've seen of the Crescent.  I definitely prefer the 2nd image because of the nebulosity.

I tried the Crescent myself on the Saturday night at DSC but the guiding was bad because my guidescope became dewed up.
Dew was a HUGE problem that night ...

[RobertM]

Thanks for the kind comments.  I need to redo it now the collimation is sorted so that all the stars are sharp ... if we ever get another clear night that is !

[Mike]

Great image Robert. Nice to see you reprocessed and made the background lighter. I hate seeing images with jet black backgrounds.