The Western Veil Nebulae (NGC 6960) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus.
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The Western Veil Nebulae (NGC 6960) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant, many portions of which have acquired their own individual names and catalogue identifiers.This image taken without the moon in the sky (just past new moon) with the Triad Ultra Quad Narrow-Band filter, which permitted shooting from with light-polluted suburbia.
For the 2nd time, this image was processed entirely in PixInsight, based on the instructions in a "PixInsight for Newbies Workshop" by Ron Brecher and Warren Keller.
Exposure
50@600 sec (8.3 hours)
ISO
800
Camera
Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504]
Optics
Skywatcher Esprit 120mm Refractor, 840 mm focal length
Filter
Radian Triad Ultra Quad-Band Narrowband Filter
Guiding
Phd2 using a ZWO 224MC on an Orion 60x240mm Guide scope
Controller
Images taken using Kstars on an Odroid-N2 (Raspberry Pi clone)
