Processed. #astrophotography #seestar #ngc6979 #ngc6960

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Processed. #astrophotography #seestar #ngc6960

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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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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