Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 1340  ·  NGC 6960  ·  NGC 6979  ·  NGC 6992  ·  NGC 6995  ·  The star 52 Cyg  ·  Veil Nebula
Veil Nebula (2022), Kirk
Veil Nebula (2022)
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Veil Nebula (2022)

Veil Nebula (2022), Kirk
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Veil Nebula (2022)

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Description

Object:  The Veil Nebula – Cygnus Loop SHO (2022)
The visual portion of the Cygnus Loop also known as the Veil Nebula, Cirrus Nebula or the Filamentary Nebula is located in the constellation Cygnus. The area includes the components: 
-NGC6990 -  “Western Veil" or "Witch's Broom",
-NGC6992 – NGC6995 – IC1340 -  “Eastern Veil"
-Pickering's Wedge, or Pickering's Triangular Wisp.
The entire area is the remnant of a supernova explosion that occurred about 20.000 years ago and has been expanding ever since.
Distance from Earth: about 2400 light years
Details: The visual portion of the Cygnus Loop also known as the Veil Nebula, Cirrus Nebula or the Filamentary Nebula is located in the constellation Cygnus. The area includes the components: NGC6990,  "Western Veil" or "Witch's Broom", NGC6992 "Eastern Veil", and Pickering's Wedge, or Pickering's Triangular Wisp.

The entire area is the remnant of a supernova explosion that occurred between 5000 to 8000 years ago and has been expanding ever since.

Distance from Earth: about 1470 light years
- Acquisition Date: 10/27/2022 to 11/20/2022
- Location: Western Massachusetts, USA
- Imaging Camera: QHY600PH-M -10°C - Mode 1(High Gain) Offset:15 Gain:56
- Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106EDXIII @ f/5 (530mm focal length - 106mm aperture)
- Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100 w/GTO4
- Guide scope: Celestron Off Axis Guider
- Guide Camera: ASI174m mini
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley, Aries Astro Pixel Processor 

Filters:
- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm
- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm
- Astrodon SII 3nm 50mm

Exposure Times:
- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 25 x 10min. (250min) bin 1x1
- Oxygen III (OIII):20 x 10min. (200min) bin 1x1
- Sulfur II (SII):21 x 10min. (210min) bin 1x1

Total Exposure:660min. (11hrs)

Sky Quality:
-Magnitude: 19.71
-Bortle Class 5
-1.41 mcd/m^2 Brightness
-1234.6 ucd/m^2 Artificial Brightness

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Veil Nebula (2022), Kirk