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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