The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.

— Anaxagoras 428 BC

NGC6888

NGC6888

Ha image

Hydrogen Filter used

`This image of the Crecent Nebula NGC 6888 is the results of 60 one minute images combined, taken thru Orion 80ED on a Vixen GPD mount using a Starlight Xpress SXV H9 ccd.  

Crescent Nebula

Well, I went to

http://existentia.com/g2/main.php?g2_itemId=140

and found out what this image is. OK. Cool shot.

Ha image

Hey Gene,

Do you have a Hydrogen alpha filter?

Yes John, I have many

Yes John, I have many different filters for various results depending on the subject matter being taken.