The Veil Nebula Complex - Multiple NGC parts: NGC 6992, 6990, 6995, 6994
This wide-field shot of the Veil Nebula Complex was not so easy to grab. My Nikon Camera threw errors on a memory card - and 18 frames were apparently never recorded. This is a group of 24, 120s frames that were processed in PixInsight.
A blurb about the Veil from Wikipedia is below:
The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus.[4]
It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop,[5] a supernova remnant, many portions of which have acquired their own individual names and catalogue identifiers. The source supernova was a star 20 times more massive than the Sun which exploded between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago.[2] At the time of explosion, the supernova would have appeared brighter than Venus in the sky, and visible in daytime.[6] The remnants have since expanded to cover an area of the sky roughly 3 degrees in diameter (about 6 times the diameter, and 36 times the area, of the full Moon).[4] While previous distance estimates have ranged from 1200 to 5800 light-years, a recent determination of 2400 light-years is based on direct astrometric measurements.[2] (The distance estimates affect also the estimates of size and age.)
The Hubble Space Telescope captured several images of the nebula. The analysis of the emissions from the nebula indicate the presence of oxygen, sulfur, and hydrogen.[7] The Cygnus Loop is also a strong emitter of radio waves and x-rays.[8]
On 24 September 2015 new images and videos of the Veil Nebula were released by the Space Telescope Science Institute,[9] with an explanation of the images.[10]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_NebulaDetails:
Date: 7/5/2020
Location: Westport Astronomical Society
Gear: My own camera, scope, etc.
Lights: 24, 120s, ISO 1600,
Flats: 41
Dark Flats: 45
Darks: 30
Bias: 135
Imaging Camera: Nikon D750, Astro-modified
Telescope: Astrotech 92mm APO Refractor
Guiding Scope: Astromania 60mm refractor
Filter: STC Narrowband Ha, Oiii filter
Mount: Celestron AVX
Guiding Software: PHD2
Integration and finishing software: Pixinsight, 1.8.8.8, Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, NIK Silver Efex 2.0
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