Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  52 Cyg  ·  NGC 6960  ·  NGC 6979  ·  Sh2-103  ·  The star 52Cyg  ·  Veil Nebula
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Witch's Broom and Pickering's Triangle, Marc Mantha
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Witch's Broom and Pickering's Triangle

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Witch's Broom and Pickering's Triangle

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NGC6960 - Witch's Broom, It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant, many portions of which have acquired their own individual names and catalogue identifiers. The source supernova was a star 20 times more massive than the Sun which exploded between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago.

This is 5.7 h of data gathered a year apart. As much as I wish that I had upgrade my equipment, I'm honestly glad I didn't yet as I can just continue to add data to what I got last year, as do keep all my sources.

4.55 h are from last year, from a bortle 8 zone

1.15 h are from last week from a bortle 4 zone, which is probably the equivalent of 6h from B8.

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Witch's Broom and Pickering's Triangle, Marc Mantha