Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Filamentary nebula  ·  Lace-work nebula  ·  NGC 6960  ·  The star 52Cyg  ·  Veil nebula
NGC 6960 (Ha + O3 + RGB), 



    
        

            Scott Davis
NGC 6960 (Ha + O3 + RGB)
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NGC 6960 (Ha + O3 + RGB)

Acquisition details

Dates:
May 28, 2014 ·  June 22, 2014 ·  June 24, 2014 ·  June 26, 2014 ·  June 29, 2014 ·  June 30, 2014 ·  July 1, 2014
Frames:
Astronomik 12nm OIII Clip-In Filter: 264×180(13h 12′) ISO1600 bin 1×1
Astronomik 6nm Ha Clip-In Filter: 152×300(12h 40′) ISO1600 bin 1×1
One-Shot Color: 62×150(2h 35′) ISO1600 bin 1×1
Integration:
28h 27′
Darks:
24
Flats:
48
Flat darks:
48
Bias:
48
Avg. Moon age:
16.92 days
Avg. Moon phase:
8.47%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
6.29

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 310868

RA center: 20h46m34s.1

DEC center: +30°2822

Pixel scale: 2.105 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 89.722 degrees

Field radius: 1.040 degrees

Resolution: 620x395

File size: 293.6 KB

Locations: My Backyard, Clovis, California, United States; Courtright Reservoir, Shaver Lake, California, United States

Description

The beautiful western veil nebula. RGB data acquired from Courtright Reservoir (very dark sky site). Narrowband data acquired from my backyard in light-polluted Clovis, California.

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NGC 6960 (Ha + O3 + RGB), 



    
        

            Scott Davis