Veil Nebula
Wide field view around Epsilon Cygni
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| Other names: |
NGC 6960 (Western Veil, Caldwell 34, Witch's Broom), NGC 6992 (Eastern Veil, Caldwell 33, Cirrus/Filamentary/Lace-work Nebula containing NGC 6996 and IC 1340), NGC 6979 (Fleming's/Pickering's Wedge) |
| Optics: |
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L II lens at f/4.5 — photo of setup |
| Mount: |
Losmandy GM-8 w/Gemini on Meade Standard Field Tripod |
| Camera: |
Canon EOS 5D Mark II [ unmodified ] |
| Exposure: |
45 minutes [ 9 x 5 minutes ] at ISO 1600 |
| Accessories: |
Autoguided with Orion StarShoot Autoguider and Stellarvue SV80S at f/6 |
| Location: |
Mt. Pinos, CA |
| Date |
July 25, 2009 |
| Notes: |
Processing: Image acquisition with Canon EOS Utility. Image calibration, align, and combine in ImagesPlus 3.75. Levels, curves, noise smoothing (Noel Carboni's PS Tools), selective sharpening, crop, and resize in Photoshop.
10 dark frames, no flat frames. Ambient temperature was between 52-56°F during the imaging session.
Click the image for a larger version (1800 x 1200, ~3.8 MB). The larger version contains the complete field of view, which includes NGC 6940 (an open cluster) at bottom left and a puff of dark nebula at upper far left (left of NGC 6992).
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