Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6960  ·  The star 52 Cyg  ·  Veil Nebula
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NGC 6960, Western Loop of Veil or Witch's Broom Nebula, David Dearden
NGC 6960, Western Loop of Veil or Witch's Broom Nebula
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NGC 6960, Western Loop of Veil or Witch's Broom Nebula

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Date: 18 Jun 2012

Subject: NGC 6960, Western Veil or Witch's Broom Nebula

Scope: AT8IN+ 0.5x Antares telereducer

Filter: none

Mount: CG-5 (Synta motors)

Guiding: Orion ST80 + 0.5x Antares telereducer + DSI Ic + PHD

Camera: DSI IIc (cooled at 2 A, 6.0 V)

Acquisition: Nebulosity 3.0.6

Exposure: 20 x 300 s

Stacking: Neb 3, bias included, normalize first, trans+rot align, 1.5 SD stack

Processing: Digital development with sharpening, power stretch, Keller stretch, a little saturation boost, GREYCStoration in N3, CS5 levels + curves, Astronomy Tools deep space noise, color blotch reduction, star color enhance, local contrast enhance

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NGC 6960, Western Loop of Veil or Witch's Broom Nebula, David Dearden