Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6960  ·  The star 52Cyg  ·  Veil Nebula
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Western Veil Nebula (NGC 6960), Michael Lewis
Western Veil Nebula (NGC 6960)
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Western Veil Nebula (NGC 6960)

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Western Veil Nebula (NGC 6960), Michael Lewis
Western Veil Nebula (NGC 6960)
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Western Veil Nebula (NGC 6960)

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I imaged this object from my Bortle 5 backyard on 6/6/2020. The sky had quite a bit of humidity and some clouds, but I was able to get a couple of hours worth of acquisition. This is a stack of 24 frames @ 300s. Even though I used a field flattener, I'm getting elongated stars on the edges. I saw someone mention that this could be a byproduct of the LP filter, but I don't think that's the case. I will need to play with the back focus of the Flat61 to see if that is the culprit.

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Western Veil Nebula (NGC 6960), Michael Lewis