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NGC 6960 - The Witch's Broom or Western Veil Nebula, Patrick Manley
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NGC 6960 - The Witch's Broom or Western Veil Nebula

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NGC 6960 - The Witch's Broom or Western Veil Nebula, Patrick Manley
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NGC 6960 - The Witch's Broom or Western Veil Nebula

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NGC6960, The Western Veil Nebula/Witch’s Broom, is part of the larger Cygnus Loop supernova remnant. This image of the Witch’s Broom is shown in the LRGBHOO palette focused on the Ha(red) & OIII (blue) channels. The total integration time is 8 hours of exposure.  The astrophoto was taken at Deetop Observatory using a Stellarvue SVX102T Triplet Refractor Telescope, ZWO ASI 2600MMP Monochrome Camera and all riding on a Losmandy G-11 mount. Autoguiding was used for data acquisition. 

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NGC 6960 - The Witch's Broom or Western Veil Nebula, Patrick Manley