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NGC 6960 & NGC 6992 - the veil nebula

 

This faint supernova remnant is in the constellation of Cygnus. It has two main parts.

NGC 6960 runs past the star 52 Cygni:

The western part of the veil nebula

Canon EOS5DMkII 254mm Newtonian @ 1200mm 24 x 30s f/4.8 ISO6400 2010-10-01 21:54:32-22:07:46 UT
From Rookhope 54.8N 2.1W 330m asl. Rural, almost no light pollution (3 Bortles)

The other part, NGC 6992, is harder to find because there is no bright star to help.

The eastern part of the veil nebula

Canon EOS5DMkII 254mm Newtonian @ 1200mm 26 x 30s f/4.8 ISO6400 2010-10-01 22:34:33-22:48:50 UT
From Rookhope 54.8N 2.1W 330m asl. Rural, almost no light pollution (3 Bortles)

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.

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