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The Crescent Nebula - 5 Hours, GiffS
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The Crescent Nebula - 5 Hours

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The Crescent Nebula - 5 Hours

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Such an amazing object! The central star is a Wolf-Rayet star that is basically tearing itself apart and strong stellar winds have created the "shell" structure. This image was taken on the night of a full moon. That makes an already challenging target even more difficult. It is a small object (25 LY across) that is 5000 light years away so at a focal length of 345 mm an agressive crop is called for.  I am pretty pleased with the result for only 5 hours of integration time. I hope to capture more data in the coming nights if the skies cooperate.

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The Crescent Nebula - 5 Hours, GiffS

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