Western Veil Nebula and Pickering's Triangle (Phillip)

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

Western Veil Nebula and Pickering's Triangle, Phillip

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Western Veil Nebula and Pickering's Triangle

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Western Veil Nebula and Pickering's Triangle

Found in the constellation Cygnus and approximately 1,500 light-years away from Earth, these two targets are found within a larger nebula region called the Veil Nebula or the Cygnus Loop. The Veil Nebula is a supernova remnant, meaning the traces that a star left from exploding. The entire Veil Nebula has an apparent size of 3°, so I am not able to capture the entire complex in one frame with my set up. The bright star in the Western Veil is called 52 Cygni. This is my second time imaging the Western Veil, and the image turned out better than the first, so hopefully improvements keep coming. This image is also following the Hubble Palette of Sii in R, Ha in G, and Oiii in B. My processing abilities still need to improve.

Camera settings: 200 gain, 35 offset, -10°C

Dates Imaged: 7/14-7/17

Bortle Class 6

Subframe Totals

Ha: 30x300s

Oiii: 47x300s

Sii: 36x300s

Total integration time: 565m (9h25)

Images shown:

1. SHO

2. Ha

3. Oiii

4. Sii

Equipment

Sky-Watcher Esprit 100 ED

Sky-Watcher EQ6-R

ZWO ASI1600mm Pro

ZWO EFW 8-Position

Astrodon 31mm NB filters (5nm Ha, 5nm Sii, 3nm Oiii)

ZWO ASI290mm mini guide camera

ZWO OAG

PrimaLuceLab Eagle3S Control unit

PrimaLuceLab Sesto Senso 2 Robotic Focuser

PrimaLuceLab ECCO Temperature Control

DewNot Dew Heater Strap

QHY PoleMaster

Imaging Software

NINA Imaging Suite

PHD2 Guiding

PrimaLuceLab Accessory Software

QHY PoleMaster Software

EQMOD

RemoteDesktop

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