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Soap Bubble Nebula and
NGC6888 -- Crescent Nebula
Object
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Type |
Planetary Nebula (Soap Bubble) / Emission Nebula (NGC6888) |
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Constellation |
Cygnus |
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Distance |
4,000 light years (Soap Bubble) / 5,000 light years (NGC6888) |
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Magnitude |
19.5 (Soap Bubble) / 7.4 (NGC6888) |
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Size |
4.3 arc-min (Soap Bubble) / 20x10 arc-min (NGC6888) |
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Notes |
Soap Bubble is also known as PN G075.5+1.7 |
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For a close-up of the Soap Bubble Nebula, click here |
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Image
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Date |
2014-09-27, 2014-10-26 |
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Place |
Okie-Tex Star Party / Cheddar Ranch |
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Exposure Data |
HaOIIILRGB 150:675:90:30:30:30 mins @ -5C |
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Ha 10x15, OIII 45x15, C 18x5, R 6x5, G 6x5, B 6x5 min |
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Notes |
RGB filters binned 1x1 |
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Equipment
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Optics |
Takahashi FSQ-106N |
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Focal Length |
530 mm @f/5.0 |
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Mount |
Takahashi NJP |
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Camera |
SBIG ST-10XME |
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Focuser |
Robofocus |
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Filters |
CFW-10, Astrodon CRGB, Ha, OIII |
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Software |
TheSkyX, CCDSoft, FocusMax, CCDAutopilot5, CCDStack 2+, PixInsight, PhotoShop CS6 |
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Reprocessed on 07/26/2023 |