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NGC 6960 and NGC 6979 Veil Nebula in the Swan
The Veil Nebula is a cloud of Cygnus hot and ionized gas.
It is a large, but relatively weak remnant of a supernova. It is estimated that the source supernova exploded around 3,000 B.C. to 6,000 B.C.
This Image is the combination of Images obtained with the H-Alpha and LRGB filter.
Image Processed in Pixinsight.
Data obtained from the Deep Sky West robotic observatory located in Rowe, New Mexico, between June 22, 2016 and August 24, 2016.
Team:
TelescopeTakahashi FSQ 106 EDX III
QSI 683wsg-8 camera
Paramount MyT mount
Set Astrodon Filters LRGB Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2 and Astrodom 5nm H-Alpha Filter.
Data:
H-Alpha: 13x1800 "-20C bin 1x1
Blue: 16x600 "-20C bin 1x1
Green: 16x600 "-20C bin 1x1
Luminance: 16x900 "-20C bin 1x1
Red: 16x600 "-20C bin 1x1
Total integration time: 18.5 hours.
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