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Within The Eastern Veil, Terry Hancock

Within The Eastern Veil

Within The Eastern Veil, Terry Hancock

Within The Eastern Veil

Description

Captured from my backyard Observatory in Fremont Michigan over 3 nights July 2016 using the new QHY16200 Mono CCD, an exciting new feature of the QHY16200 is the development of the 7 Position Filter Wheel which will be fitted to my sample, time and weather permitting I hope to be able to capture this beautiful object with other Narrowband filters.

Lying at a distance of approximately 1470 Light Years from us The Eastern Veil Nebula or otherwise known as NGC 6992 is part of the much larger Cygnus Loop which is a supernova remnant.

The expanding cloud of diverse elements created in the most powerful of explosions; a supernova.

As a Massive star nears the end of its life, it runs out of hydrogen fuel and begins fusing helium. After exhausting its supply of helium it begins to fuse heavier elements until finally, the star's core can no longer exert enough outward pressure and it collapses. A shock wave rebounds through the star so fierce that the star is shredded and leaves behind a small but extremely dense body; either a neutron star or a black hole.

Technical Information

Location: DownUnderObservatory, Fremont, MI

Captured July 5, 8, 11th 2016

Size: 4540x3630 pixels

Total integration Time 5.1 Hours

QHY16200A monochrome CCD cooled to -20C

QHYOAG-M Off Axis Guider

LRGB 160 min, 4 x 10 min each 1x1

H-Alpha 150 min, 10 x 15 min 1x1

Filters by Optolong

Astro-Tech AT12RC with AP 2.7" Reducer @F6.2

Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition Maxim DL

Pre Processing Pixinsight

Post Processing Photoshop CS6

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Within The Eastern Veil, Terry Hancock