ScienceDownEast | ScienceDownEast Astrophotography | Nebulae | NGC 6960 Veil Nebula | Veil Nebula Panorama Aug. 5, 2020
4@7x10 min exposure mosaic with data from Aug. 5, 2020.
The Eastern and Western Veil Nebulae (NGC 6995 and 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 while the moon was between 94% illuminated with the Triad Ultra Quad Narrow-Band filter, which permitted shooting from with light-polluted suburbia.
This image was processed without proper background normalization, hence the visible artifacts between images. Combined into a single composite image using Photoshop, as I couldn't figure out how to do it successfully in PixInsight or MS Image Composite Editor.
| Exposure | 4@7*600 sec |
| 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 | Mosaic images taken using the mosaic generator in the scheduler of Kstars on an Odroid-N2 (Raspberry Pi clone) |
| Location | Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. |
| Date | 2020-08-02 |
| Processing | Processed in PixInsight and Lightroom. |
