May - January
Description: Diffuse Planetary
Nebula
Common Name: Western Veil
Messier Catalogue: N/A
NGC: 6960
Constellation: Cygnus
Size: 70.0 x 6.0 Arc Minutes
Visual Magnitude: +5.00
Distance: 2600 Light Years
Western Veil
Nebula
The
Veil
Nebulae
system
is
situated
in
the
Constellation
of
Cygnus
(the
Swan).
After
finding
Deneb
which
forms
the
back
end
of
the
swan
locate
Sadr
which
is
the
swans
Shoulders.
Move
along
the
right
wing
and
the
Veil
Nebulae
are
located
between
the
two
stars
that
make
up
the
elbow
and wing tip.
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Date Taken: 19/05/2020
Image Type: Hydrogen Alpha
Dark Site?:
No - Garden
Telescope: Altair StarWave 70ED
Diameter: 70mm
Focal Length: 420mm
Reducer/Flattener?: Flattener/reducer
Mount Control: Voyo Mini Windows PC
Mount: iEXOS 100 PMC-Eight
Guided?: Yes
Guiding Software: PHD2
Camera: Canon EOS 450D
Filter: Hydrogen Alpha 7nm
ISO: 800
Video: N/A
Light Frames: 7 x 20 Minutes
Dark Frames: 4 x 20 Minutes
Bias Frames: N/A
Flat Frames: 20
Capture Program: APT
Stacking program: DeepSkyStacker
Post Processing: PhotoShop CS3
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