Western Veil and Friends (Carl)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: 52 Cyg · NGC 6960 · NGC 6979 · Sh2-103 · The star 52 Cyg · Veil Nebula

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Western Veil and Friends

With Galaxy Season in the rearview mirror, I'm excited to get back to some narrowband targets. The Western Veil Nebula is among the first set of targets I ever tried imaging a few years ago, so it is fun to see the effect of the progression of my equipment, acquisition and editing skills. One day I may try a mosaic of the whole region - I've seen a few such amazing images already.

For kicks, I went with a Hubble Palette on this one since there is ample data in all three filters (SHO). I usually see this rendered in HSO or HOO, with strong red and blue primary colors, so I opted for a slightly different look. I love the baby blue in this palette, punctuated by green-gold wisps of wonder.

I would have liked more time on the target, but weather and travel have dictated the time for this exposure. It should be visible throughout the summer, so perhaps I can add to it some more, or start collecting data on its neighbors for a mosaic.

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	8007944
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	20h47m58s.114
RA (top/left)	20h43m42s.400
RA (top/right)	20h45m10s.762
RA (bottom/right)	20h52m08s.766
RA (bottom/left)	20h50m49s.840

Dec (center)	+30°56′46″.53
Dec (top/left)	+31°51′10″.36
Dec (top/right)	+29°48′45″.14
Dec (bottom/right)	+30°01′45″.91
Dec (bottom/left)	+32°04′37″.59

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