Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 1340  ·  NGC 6960  ·  NGC 6979  ·  NGC 6992  ·  NGC 6995  ·  The star 52 Cyg  ·  Veil Nebula
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The Veil Nebulas, Cameron Lindhorst
The Veil Nebulas
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The Veil Nebulas

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The Veil Nebulas, Cameron Lindhorst
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The Veil Nebulas

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I had another a great clear night at X-Bar Ranch.  The forecast changed many times leading up to this night, but I got lucky and had a long clear dark night.  Unfortunately only 2 of the 4.5 hours of data I got were usable.  It appears I'm having tracking problems.  I may have damaged the tracker because there's a very slight amount of play in the rotation.  I don't know if this is something I caused by accident, or I just reached the limit of my iOptron SkyGuider Pro.  I also need to take longer exposures to gather more light from the faintest parts of this nebula, but I'm afraid if I made them any longer the tracking problems would have ruined a larger percentage of the images.  I'm a bit disappointed with the final result this time, but learned a lot.  Regardless, I had a wonderful night showing my daughter the milky way for the first time.  She's 4 and has never seen stars without the city light pollution.  This was a special night to remember!

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