ScienceDownEast | ScienceDownEast Astrophotography | Recent Images | IC6960 Western Veil Nebula
The Veil Nebula (IC6960) is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus.
It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant. The source supernova was a star 20 times more massive than the Sun, and it exploded between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. The remnants have since expanded to cover an area of the sky roughly 3 degrees in diameter (about 6 times the diameter, and 36 times the area, of the full Moon). About 2400 light-years from earth.
A total of 50 min. exposure.
| Exposure | 10*300 sec |
| ISO | 800 |
| Camera | Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504] |
| Optics | Skywatcher Esprit 120mm Refractor |
| Filter | Radian Triad Ultra Quad-Band Narrowband Filter |
| Location | Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. |
| Date | 2020-06-17 |
| Processing | Processed in PixInsight and Lightroom. |
