NGC 6960

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)

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NGC 6960

NGC 6960, commonly known as the Veil Nebula, is a supernova remnant located in the constellation Cygnus. It's the aftermath of a massive star that exploded around 5,000 to 8,000 years ago.

Cosmic Ballet: The intricate, lace-like patterns you see in the Veil Nebula are created by the shock waves from the exploded star colliding with the interstellar medium, creating a mesmerizing cosmic dance.

A Supernova's Signature: At the time of the explosion, the supernova would have been as bright as a crescent Moon and visible even during the day. Imagine looking up and seeing that unexpected guest in the sky!

Size Matters: The Veil Nebula stretches out for roughly 110 light-years! To put that in perspective, if you were traveling at the speed of light (approximately 186,282 miles per second), it would still take you 110 years to cross it.

Colorful Cosmos: The stunning colors in the Veil Nebula aren't just for show. They indicate the presence of various elements. For instance, the reds are from hydrogen, the blues are from oxygen, and the greens are from sulfur.

Mind-Blowing Fact: Every element heavier than iron, like gold or platinum, is formed in supernovae explosions. That means the gold in your jewelry, or even in your electronics, came from the heart of an exploded star, maybe even one like the progenitor of the Veil Nebula!

67 stacked 300 second images.

Lots of mediocre seeing, clouds and associated tracking errors have contributed to fuzzy stars, double diffraction spikes and other grossness in the image. But, this is what I managed to get!

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Distribution of astrophotographers

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	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
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	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
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Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

The “AstroBin Image of the Day and Top Picks”, or IOTD/TP, is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or otherwise amazing astrophotographs, with a focus on technical excellence. Learn more.

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Views by Submitters (available since September 19th, 2023) Every image is assigned to 50% of available Submitters. In the event that at least 80% of them don't view the image before its time in the IOTD/TP process expires, it's assigned to the other 50% of Submitters and the process begins anew.
Promotions by Submitters When 3 distinct Submitters promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for Top Pick status. This requirement, in addition to anonymization of images and distribution to only a subset of them, prevents biases and ensures that the best images are selected.
Promotions by Reviewers When 3 distinct Reviewers promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for IOTD status.
Early dismissal Staff members have a lot of images to inspect on a daily basis, and they can dismiss images if they believe they don't meet the requirements for IOTD/TP selection. If an image is dismissed 5 times, it's removed from the process. This streamlines the process and ensures that any bias present in promotions could be overruled by other staff members.

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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	20h48m33s.410
RA (top/left)	20h49m45s.116
RA (top/right)	20h49m26s.553
RA (bottom/right)	20h47m20s.675
RA (bottom/left)	20h47m39s.916

Dec (center)	+31°48′58″.94
Dec (top/left)	+31°37′54″.40
Dec (top/right)	+32°04′06″.50
Dec (bottom/right)	+32°00′00″.46
Dec (bottom/left)	+31°33′50″.33

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