Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6960  ·  The star 52 Cyg  ·  Veil Nebula
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NGC 6960 The Western Veil Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
NGC 6960 The Western Veil Nebula
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NGC 6960 The Western Veil Nebula

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NGC 6960 The Western Veil Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
NGC 6960 The Western Veil Nebula
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NGC 6960 The Western Veil Nebula

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Description

The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated ionized gas, oxygen, sulfur, and hydrogen in the constellation Cygnus.

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

Ha 45 x 900s

OIII 63 x 900s

27 hours 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, Photoshop CC

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NGC 6960 The Western Veil Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)