I did something last night. Set the s50 to do mosaics of #Caldwell33 #TheEasternVeilNebula , #SH2-103 #CygnusLoop and #NGC6960 #TheWesternVeilNebula. Each mosaic was for 2:20 in duration. Using Affinity Photo on my iPad I made the following. #seestar #S50 #space #astronomy #amateur

On the opposite side of the previous observation, you have #NGC6960 #WesternVeilNebula. #seestar #S50 #space #astronomy #amateur

The Western Veil Nebula NGC 6960 #astrophotography #seestar #ngc6960

After a few clear nights on the Elephant's Trunk, I had one more clear night before a week of rain so I went after a bright target that would look decent even with just a night's worth of data on it. The Western Veil Nebula (aka the Witch's Broom) is pretty bright object, and we haven't had a chance to image the Veil the past two years, so I gave it a shot. I got 3.85 hours on it with the Newtonian, and it turned out pretty good.
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🌌 Western Veil/Witch's Broom Nebula (NGC 6960)
🔭 Celestron Astromaster 114 (Scope), Skywatcher GTi (Mount)
📸 Player One Ares-C Pro (Main), ZWO 120mm Mini (Guide)
📅 Bloomington, MN (Bortle 8)
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#highpointscientific #veilnebula #nebula #ngc6960 #astrophotography #astronomy #bloomingtonmn #mn #minnesota #minnesota #bortle8 #bortle8sky #optolong #optolonglenhance #playerone #arescpro #playeronearescpro #pixinsight #photography

Salvaging of a failed session on the Western Veil Nebula.
Unfortunately, I had huge reflection issues, as shown in the second image.
#telescope #telescopes #celestron #celestrontelescope #celestronnexstar #nexstarevolution #nexstarevolution6 #zwo #zwoasi #zwoasi585mc #astro #astrophoto #astrophotos #astrophotography #astrophotographer #spacephotography #astronomy #spaceexploration #nasa #universe #space #deepsky #deepspace #nebula #veil #veilnebula #westernveil #westernveilnebula #ngc #ngc6960

The Veil Nebula Complex
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The Veil Nebula is a large supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus. The source supernova exploded between 10.000 and 20.000 years ago, and the remnants have since expanded to cover an area roughly 3 degrees in diameter (about 6 times the diameter, and 36 times the area, of the full Moon). The distance to the nebula is not precisely known, with estimates ranging from 1,400 to 2,600 light-years.

Scope: Askar 103APO
Lens: Askar 0.6x Reducer
Camera: Canon EOS 6Da
Filter: Antlia TriBand RGB Ultra
Mount: Skywatcher AZ-EQ5 GT
Guiding: Svbony SV165 Guide Scope with ZWO ASI 224MC
Controller: ZWO ASIAir Pro

Integration time: 4hrs 35min

Full version and print available at: https://adfr.io/astro/20240824_veil

#astrophotography #astrophoto #narrowband #narrowbandimaging #deepsky #deepskyobjects #deepskyphotography #IC1340 #52cygni #ngc6960 #ngc6974 #ngc6979 #ngc6992 #ngc6995

The Veil Nebula
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This is the veil nebula, a giant remnant of a star, about 20 times our sun, going supernova between 10.000 and 20.000 years ago.

I'm really proud on this one as it's my biggest project so far. The image is captured as a two-panel mosaic, each combining over 5 hrs of exposure time.

This again was captured through a try-band filter, to enhance details using narrowband data. H-alpha areas are mapped to the red channel while H-beta and O-III are mixed into the blue one.

Scope: William Optics ZenithStar 80 ED II
Lens: Skywatcher 0.85x Flattener/Reducer
Camera: Canon EOS 60Da
Filter: Altair Tri-Band
Mount: Skywatcher AZ-EQ5-GT
Guiding: Svbony SV165 with ZWO ASI224MC
Controller: Raspberry Pi 4b with StellarMate OS

Integration of over 10hrs exposure time.
Full version at https://adfr.io

#astrophotography #52Cygni #IC1340 #NGC6960 #NGC6974 #NGC6979 #NGC6992 #NGC6995 #narrowband #narrowbandimaging