Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 1340  ·  NGC 6992  ·  NGC 6995
The Eastern Veil Nebula, smr
The Eastern Veil Nebula
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The Eastern Veil Nebula

The Eastern Veil Nebula, smr
The Eastern Veil Nebula
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The Eastern Veil Nebula

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Hi all,

This is my longest astrophotography project to date.

The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus.

It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a 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 around 8,000 years ago. The remnants have since expanded to cover an area of the sky roughly 3 degrees in diameter (about 6 times the diameter, or 36 times the area, of the full Moon). The distance to the nebula is not precisely known, but Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) data supports a distance of about 1,470 light years.

Integration:

15 hours, 50 minutes of total exposure time

ISO 200

No Darks (Dithered)

200 Bias Frames

25 Flats Per Session

Equipment:

Telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 73

Mount: Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro Rowan Belt Mod

Autoguiding Scope: Starwave 50mm Guidescope

Autoguiding Camera: ZWO ASI 120MM Mini

Camera: Canon 80D (unmodified)

Software:

PHD2 Guiding

Astrophotography Tool

Deepskystacker

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Lightroom

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The Eastern Veil Nebula, smr