The Eastern Veil Nebula
NGC6992 and NGC6995
Technical data
| Instrument: | 173/700 Newton-astrograph (ZsIO), SkyWatcher comacorrector F/4 |
| Camera: | Atik One 6.0 |
| Filter: | Baader H-alpha 7nm |
| Mount: | SkyWatcher NEQ6 Pro Synscan (modified) |
| Guiding: | Lacerta M-Gen autoguider, OAG |
Image data
| Exposure time: | 18 x 15 mins |
| Location, date: | Hungary, Izsákfa - 2015.July 21. |
| Transparency: | 6/10 |
| Seeing: | 4/10 |
| Temperature: | 17 °C |
| FWHM: | 2.60" |
| Processing: | CCDStack, Photoshop |
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Description
Delicate in appearance, these filaments of shocked, glowing gas, draped in planet Earth's sky toward the constellation of Cygnus, make up the eastern part of the Veil Nebula.
Technical data
| Instrument: | 173/700 Newton-astrograph (ZsIO), SkyWatcher comacorrector F/4 |
| Camera: | Atik One 6.0 |
| Filter: | Baader H-alpha 7nm |
| Mount: | SkyWatcher NEQ6 Pro Synscan (modified) |
| Guiding: | Lacerta M-Gen autoguider, OAG |
Image data
| Exposure time: | 18 x 15 mins |
| Location, date: | Hungary, Izsákfa - 2015.July 21. |
| Transparency: | 6/10 |
| Seeing: | 4/10 |
| Temperature: | 17 °C |
| FWHM: | 2.60" |
| Processing: | CCDStack, Photoshop |
© Patrik Tarczi 2016
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