Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6960  ·  NGC 6979  ·  The star 52Cyg  ·  Veil Nebula
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NGC 6960 and the Western Veil, Michael Caligiuri
NGC 6960 and the Western Veil
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NGC 6960 and the Western Veil

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NGC 6960 and the Western Veil, Michael Caligiuri
NGC 6960 and the Western Veil
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NGC 6960 and the Western Veil

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Imaged using a William Optics Star71 5-element refractor; 350mm at f/4.9

Bicolor narrowband RGB image of the western veil. Used Ha and OIII for the nebula and RGB for star colors

Exposures: Ha (15 x 15 min) OIII (14 x 15 min) RGB (8 x 5 min each) for total of 9.25 hrs

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NGC 6960 and the Western Veil, Michael Caligiuri