Western Veil Nebula - NGC 6992 (Kurt Zeppetello)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: IC 1340 · NGC 6992 · NGC 6995 · Network nebula · Veil nebula

Western Veil Nebula - NGC 6992, Kurt Zeppetello

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Western Veil Nebula - NGC 6992

Link: http://kurt-zeppetello.blogspot.com/

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Western Veil Nebula - NGC 6992

Link: http://kurt-zeppetello.blogspot.com/

Update2:

I keep tweaking this one. This time I used PS plugin Astronomy Tools, PS, and LR2. I like this one better than the StarTools processed image. I'm sure if I was better with StarTools I could have improved it even more.

Update:

The Western Veil Nebula, NGC 6992 reprocessed using StarTools prior to PS and LR2. This is my first attempt at using this program. It did bring out more of the nebula, however, it seems that it is slightly less on the clarity or something. That could be my inexperience with using the program though.

The Western Veil Nebula, NGC 6992, is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. It is a large but relatively faint supernova remnant. The source supernova exploded somewhere between 3,000 BC to 6,000 BC, and the remnants have since expanded to 110 light-years across. The distance to the nebula is approximately 1470 light-years (source wikipedia).

The entire nebula is too big to imaged with my telescope without a focal reducer. Visible in this image is NGC 6992, NGC 6995, and IC 1340. I would not have been able to image this or would have needed many more sub frames prior to last month. This object is the first I have imaged where my newly modified Canon EOS Rebel T3i (600D). The modification work was done by Hap Griffin at Imaging Infinity. Hap has several options available for DSLR modification. I chose to have the IR Filter Replaced with the Astrodon UV/IR block filter. This modification passes hydrogen-alpha light but blocks IR.

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