Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 1340  ·  NGC 6992  ·  NGC 6995
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NGC 6995 Eastern Veil, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
NGC 6995 Eastern Veil
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NGC 6995 Eastern Veil

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NGC 6995 Eastern Veil, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
NGC 6995 Eastern Veil
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NGC 6995 Eastern Veil

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Description

The Eastern Veil is part of the Veil Nebula which is a supernova remnant, the expanding debris cloud created by a stellar explosion whose light first reached planet Earth from 5,000 to 10,000 years ago.

Captured by David Wills at PixelSkies, Castillejar, Spain www.pixelskiesastro.com

Ha 61x900Secs

OIII 53x900Secs

28 hours 30 mins in total.

Equipment used:

Telescope: Takahashi Baby Q FSQ-85ED F5.3

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Pro Mono Cooled to -10C

Image Scale: 2.08

Guiding: OAG

Filters: Astronomik Ha,OIII

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition: Voyager

Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8

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NGC 6995 Eastern Veil, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)