NGC 6992 - Eastern Veil Nebula

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The Eastern Veil Nebula

The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus, a supernova remnant and part of the Cygnus Loop. The source supernova was a star 20 times more massive than our Sun, which exploded between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. NGC 6992 is around 2,400 light-years from Earth and is expanding at a velocity of about 1.5 million kilometers per hour.

Acquisition
HEQ5 Pro Rowan Belt Modded German Equatorial Mount
William Optics Zenithstar 73 Refractor - 420mm f/5.9
ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro Cooled Camera - Minus 10 Degrees Celcius
ZWO 120MM Mini Guide Camera
Altair Starwave 50mm Guidescope
ZWO EAF Focuser
Stellarium
Plate Solving
PHD2 Guiding Software with multi-star guiding and Astrophotography Tool

Data
5 Hours and 25 Minutes x 180 second Exposures
Gain 100 - Offset 50
Calibrated with Dark Frames
Bortle 5/6

NGC 6992 - Eastern Veil Nebula by Joel Spencer, on Flickr

 

[sirch]

Amazing, I love seeing these images and thanks for providing the details

 

[smr]

Amazing, I love seeing these images and thanks for providing the details

Thank you Chris

 

[Son_of_Thor]

Fantastic as always Joel

Had to Google your kit as I've never come across any of it. It looks very specialised but the results speak for themselves! A lot of time and effort involved as well from the look of things - you're certainly dedicated and very skilled

 

[smr]

Fantastic as always Joel

Had to Google your kit as I've never come across any of it. It looks very specialised but the results speak for themselves! A lot of time and effort involved as well from the look of things - you're certainly dedicated and very skilled

Thanks very much Si.

 

[wornish]

Great capture. I can see that a lot of time has gone into getting the data.

 

[smr]

Great capture. I can see that a lot of time has gone into getting the data.

Thanks David

 

[CavGez]

Awesome, in the proper sense of the word. More please, if I may be so bold

 

[reheat module]

Absolutely superb image, lovely colour and great detail.
The result of excellent knowledge, ability and equipment.
I can't get anything like that on my Panasonic compact!

 

[Baloo]

Simply amazing stuff, admire your dedication.

 

[Norkie]

Wonderful, thank you

 

[smr]

Awesome, in the proper sense of the word. More please, if I may be so bold

Thank you very much

Absolutely superb image, lovely colour and great detail.
The result of excellent knowledge, ability and equipment.
I can't get anything like that on my Panasonic compact!

Thanks very much !

Simply amazing stuff, admire your dedication.

Thank you!

Wonderful, thank you

Thanking you