Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 1340  ·  NGC 6992  ·  NGC 6995
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NGC 6995- The bat nebula, Daniel Renner
NGC 6995- The bat nebula
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NGC 6995- The bat nebula, Daniel Renner
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Description

Name(s): NGC 6995, The Bat nebula
Type: Supernova reminant
Distance: 1400 light-years
Age: 10 - 20 000 years old.

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Telescope: Skywatcher Explorer 150PDS
Mount: Eq6r PRO
Camera: ZWO Asi 1600MM PRO 
Filters: LRGB

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 NINA
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Location: From my backyard in Skövde, Sweden (Bortle 5-6)
Dates: 2021-09-04, 2021-09-25
Gain: Unity gain
Camera temp: -20c
HA: 41 * 300s
OIII: 23 * 300s
Darks: 50
Flats: 30
DarkFlats: 30

---Total integration time: 5.3h

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The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus.

It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant, many portions of which have acquired their own individual names and catalogue identifiers. The source supernova was a star 20 times more massive than the Sun which exploded between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. At the time of explosion, the supernova would have appeared brighter than Venus in the sky, and visible in daytime. The remnants have since expanded to cover an area of the sky roughly 3 degrees in diameter (about 6 times the diameter, and 36 times the area, of the full Moon). While previous distance estimates have ranged from 1200 to 5800 light-years, a recent determination of 2400 light-years is based on direct astrometric measurements.

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NGC 6995- The bat nebula, Daniel Renner