Veil of the Veil (SemiPro)

Veil of the Veil

For your viewing pleasure, I present to you the Veil, concealed in its own veil of hydrogen alpha.

I have been trying to shoot the Veil for as long as I have been doing astrophotography. Smoke and clouds have made it an impossibility up until now. The idea was to shoot a gargantuan 4-panel mosaic with the RASA8 totaling around 50 hours this summer. Instead I have had to settle for a wide field shot with my 135mm. Speaking of which, this is the first light for the 135mm! I wanted F/2 in Montreal and I wouldn't settle for anything less in bortle 9. The 135mm was the only real option as I soured on hauling a C6 + Hyperstar on the plane with me and lugging it around.

A LOT of testing went into the 135mm. The one I have now is the third one after sending the first two back. I guess QA ain't what it used to be. The next problem was sorting out the tilt and backfocus. Even after getting that sorted out, the stars are still sub-par at F/2. Thus, the stars are taken at f/4 and then added to the image at the end.

By the time I started shooting the Veil in Montreal I just wanted to get it over and done with. I was not expecting anything great out of the image. You could imagine my surprise when I stacked it all up and was presented with this marvelous Ha cloud around the Veil! I have seen glimpses of it here and there but never this structured.

The processing was touch and go until I put in the RGB stars and it really did tie the whole image together. I had so little faith in the lens and the sky conditions that I am still in a bit of a shock in how this all turned out!

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RA (center)	20h49m17s.72
RA (top/left)	21h02m53s.74
RA (top/right)	20h36m35s.87
RA (bottom/right)	20h36m45s.71
RA (bottom/left)	21h00m58s.51

Dec (center)	+30°14′32″.6
Dec (top/left)	+34°13′00″.5
Dec (top/right)	+34°20′59″.4
Dec (bottom/right)	+26°11′02″.4
Dec (bottom/left)	+26°03′50″.4

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