NGC 6960 & NGC 6992 - the veil nebula
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2025 using Seestar S30
These were taken when the nebula was only 54° away from a nearly full moon. Once again this shows that the light pollution filter in the S30 is very effective.
Seestar S30 270 x 10s = 45mins 2025-09-04 21:23:42-22:32:38 UT
From Whitley Bay 55.1
Seestar S30 270 x 10s = 45mins 2025-09-04 22:33:28-23:48:01 UT
From Whitley Bay 55.1
2016 H-alpha & OIII filters, 254mm Newtonian
Colours as shot: red for hydrogen, green and blue for oxygen.
Canon EOS 5D MkIII + Canon 200mm f/2.8 lens on HEQ5 mount, not guided
Baader 7nm H-alpha filter (50mm diam.) → f/3.9 ISO 25600, 65 x 64s = 69 minutes (red channel)
Baader 8.5nm OIII filter (65mm square) → f/3.0 ISO 12800, 65 x 64s = 69 minutes (green & blue)
2015 Nov 6 at 18:51:06 - 21:51:58 UT Processed with GRIP - see note below
From Whitley Bay 55.1
2010 plain light, 254mm Newtonian
This faint supernova remnant is in the constellation of Cygnus. It has two main parts.
NGC 6960 runs past the star 52 Cygni:
Canon EOS5DMkII 254mm Newtonian @ 1200mm 24 x 30s f/4.8 ISO6400 2010-10-01 21:54:32-22:07:46 UT
From Rookhope 54.8
The other part, NGC 6992, is harder to find because there is no bright star to help.
Canon EOS5DMkII 254mm Newtonian @ 1200mm 26 x 30s f/4.8 ISO6400 2010-10-01 22:34:33-22:48:50 UT
From Rookhope 54.8
Note that I took these photos without any filters because I wanted to see how my Canon SLR would render the colour. Photos of the veil nebula in books often make it look red but I guess that is because the colour has mainly been captured through a filter for the hydrogen alpha line.