Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6960  ·  The star 52 Cyg  ·  Veil Nebula
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NGC 6960, Western Veil Nebula, George Hatfield
NGC 6960, Western Veil Nebula
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NGC 6960, Western Veil Nebula

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NGC 6960, Western Veil Nebula, George Hatfield
NGC 6960, Western Veil Nebula
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NGC 6960, Western Veil Nebula

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The RGB data for this image are from the Moana Project (https://erellaz.com/moana/).  The telescope is a custom reflector (254mm, FL 1325mm) equipped with an ASI1600MM camera.   The total exposure for all filters was ~6.3 hours.   Processing was done in Pixinsight.   A synthetic luminance layer was created from the R, G, and B masters and used to create the LRGB image.  Color calibration was accomplished with SPCC.

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NGC 6960, Western Veil Nebula, George Hatfield