The Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC 6992) above and Western Veil Nebulae (NGC 6960) below are emission nebulae 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 8 panel mosaic image taken with the moon in the sky (just past full moon) with the
Triad Ultra Quad Narrow-Band filter, which permitted shooting from with light-polluted suburbia.
| Exposure |
8 panels x 10 @600 sec (13.3 hours) |
| Gain |
100 |
| Camera |
ATR2600C [6224 x 4168] |
| Optics |
120mm Skywatcher Esprit 840 mm focal length, on a Proxisky UMi20S Strain Wave mount |
| Guiding |
ToupTek GPM462M using Phd2 on an 60x400mm Guide scope |
| Controller |
Kstars on MeLe Quieter 4C running Ubuntu 24.04 |
| Filter |
Triad Ultra Quad-Band Narrowband Filter |
| Date |
2025-09-09 => 2025-09-11 |
| PixInsight Processing |
| WeightedBatchPreprocessing Script |
| Dynamic Crop |
| Automatic Background Extractor |
| Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch |
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