Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  52 Cyg  ·  Filamentary nebula  ·  Lace-work nebula  ·  NGC 6960  ·  The star 52Cyg  ·  Veil nebula
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52 Cygni Western Veil Nebula, Elmiko
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52 Cygni Western Veil Nebula

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52 Cygni Western Veil Nebula

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52 Cygni and NGC 6960 The Western Veil Nebula is a beautiful Supernova remnant that occurred 5,000 to 8,000 years ago.

Captured the early morning hours of June 4 and 6 2019

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  • 52 Cygni Western Veil Nebula, Elmiko
    Original
  • 52 Cygni Western Veil Nebula, Elmiko
    B
  • Final
    52 Cygni Western Veil Nebula, Elmiko
    C

B

Description: I wanted the nebula to be more pronounced. So I applied a curves stretch with a star mask to protect the stars. Then I Saturated the stars a bit. Then applied MT to control them a bit.

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C

Description: Reduced stars a bit using MT. Was more conservative on the saturation. Also, I made 52 Cygni more blue.

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52 Cygni Western Veil Nebula, Elmiko