Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6979
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NGC6979 Pickering's Triangle, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
NGC6979 Pickering's Triangle
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NGC6979 Pickering's Triangle

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NGC6979 Pickering's Triangle, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
NGC6979 Pickering's Triangle
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NGC6979 Pickering's Triangle

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Description

NGC6979 also called the Pickering's Triangle is part of the Veil Nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. This is glowing gas resulted from the explosion of a massive star approximately 7000 years ago.

Captured by David Wills at PixelSkies, Castillejar, Spain www.pixelskiesastro.com

Ha 64 x 900s

OIII 72 x 900s

34 hours in total.

Equipment used:

Telescope: Takahashi Baby Q FSQ-85ED F5.3

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Pro Mono Cooled to -10C

Image Scale: 2.08

Guiding: OAG

Filters: Astronomik Ha,OIII

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition: Voyager

Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC

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NGC6979 Pickering's Triangle, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)