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

Witch's Broom (NGC 6960), and  Pickering's Triangle, Rhett Herring
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Witch's Broom (NGC 6960), and Pickering's Triangle

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Western portion of Veil Nebula in Cygnus comprised of ionized Hydrogen )red) and Oxygen (blue) streams exploding through interstellar space from 10,000 year-old supernova.The bright star 52 Cygni is in the foreground and unrelated to the nebulosity. Pickering's Triangle (nebulosity in lower left quadrant), was discovered photographically by Williamina Fleming of Harvard College Observatory in 1904, and then -by convention- named for the observatory director, Edward Charles Pickering.

This was a fast process... I think I can squeeze out more detail if I spend the time. Shot between late Aug and Mid Sept.

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Witch's Broom (NGC 6960), and  Pickering's Triangle, Rhett Herring

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