Cygnus Loop (Veil Nebula) and Spiral Galaxy NGC 7013 (Greg Mitchell)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: 52 Cyg · DT Cyg · HD197395 · HD197550 · HD197702 · HD197839 · HD198198 · HD198330 · HD198425 · HD198482 · HD198526 · HD198550 · HD198626 · HD198627 · HD198976 · HD199055 · HD199102 · HD199291 · HD199695 · HD199717 · HD199763 · HD199837 · HD200390 · HD200491 · HD200578 · HD200742 · HD201194 · HD335435 · IC 1340 · LBN 191 · And 11 more.

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Cygnus Loop (Veil Nebula) and Spiral Galaxy NGC 7013

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I feel like this picture has almost a spooky look to it, in honor of Halloween. This is an HOO view of the Cygnus Loop / Veil Nebula with RGB stars. The upper left portion of the veil has almost a skull or sinister look to it the way I oriented the photo. I also intentionally captured the magnitude 11 spiral galaxy NGC 7013 in the left center of the image. This image really helps visualize the massive difference in scale between the Veil Nebula, which is 2600 light years distant, and NGC 7013 which is 49 Million light years away.

I minimized the stars to allow the Veil to really stand out, and I also enjoyed playing with negative space here. I feel like having the negative space to the left hand side of the image really makes the veil stand out.

Always open to comments and feedback to help me improve, and thanks for looking!

Greg

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RA (center)	20h54m53s.36
RA (top/left)	21h08m40s.34
RA (top/right)	20h44m03s.95
RA (bottom/right)	20h41m26s.59
RA (bottom/left)	21h05m13s.44

Dec (center)	+30°32′01″.3
Dec (top/left)	+31°43′02″.8
Dec (top/right)	+32°43′33″.2
Dec (bottom/right)	+29°15′47″.5
Dec (bottom/left)	+28°17′24″.8

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