(A Rather Faint) Veil Nebula (JDJ)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: 52 Cyg · Filamentary nebula · IC 1340 · Lace-work nebula · NGC 6960 · NGC 6974 · NGC 6979 · NGC 6992 · NGC 6995 · Network nebula · Sh2-103 · The star 52Cyg · Veil nebula

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(A Rather Faint) Veil Nebula

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(A Rather Faint) Veil Nebula

The is my first attempt imaging the Veil Nebula as I continue to learn the ropes with my GT81. With the Flat6A II field flattener/reducer in the imaging train and the full frame Nikon D750 DSLR I can just squeeze the Eastern and Western parts of the Veil Nebula into a singe frame. As it turns out, I figured this out after the fact when I combined images of the Western Veil from one night with images of the Eastern Veil from a second night. Total imaging time is only about 2 hrs, so the nebula is pretty faint, but what a beautiful target. Looking forward to adding more data to this one...

NGC 6960/6992 imaged with with WO GT81 at F4.7 (382 mm focal length) using Flat6A II field flattener/0.8x reducer and Nikon D750. Stacked using DSS for a total integration time of ~2 hours using 120 sec subs at ISO 200. Subtracted darks, bias, and flats. Processed in Pixinsight: Cropped, gradient removal with DBE, Background Neutralization, Color Calibration, SCNR, stretched using Histogram Transformation Tool, Curves Transformation, HDR Multiscale Transform, ACDNR noise reduction, Morphological Transformation to shrink stars.

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RA (center)	20h51m14s.76
RA (top/left)	20h43m39s.78
RA (top/right)	20h56m54s.92
RA (bottom/right)	20h58m43s.75
RA (bottom/left)	20h45m14s.81

Dec (center)	+31°00′43″.9
Dec (top/left)	+30°00′31″.10
Dec (top/right)	+29°34′59″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	+31°57′49″.3
Dec (bottom/left)	+32°26′11″.4

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