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Telescope:
Takahashi FSQ106N @ f/5 
Mount:
Astro Physics 900GTO 
Camera:
SBIG ST10XME 
Filter:
Astronomik H-alpha filter (6nm), SII (13nm), OIII (13nm) 
Exposure:
MaximDL 4.53
290min (5x1200s Ha, 5x1200s OIII, 9x600s SII) @ f/5, chip temp -10C 
Processing:
MaximDL 4.53, Registar, Sigma, Photoshop CS2 
Location:
Northern Blackforest, Germany 
Date:
July 16, July 17, 2006 
Object info:
NGC6888 is a wind-blown nebula associated with the Wolf-Rayet (WN6) star WR 136 (HD 192163) in the middle.