Veil Nebula(western part)
Veil Nebula (western part): This beautifully colored nebula is the western part of the Veil Nebula complex. The shock waves of the Super Nova explosion of a star several times the mass of our sun, 5000-8000 years ago, excite the interstellar gas to glow. The thin colorful slices of glowing hydrogen and oxygen gas can be observed, because we look onto them edge-on.
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Object |
Veil Nebula(western part) |
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Catagory |
Super Nova Remnants |
Designation |
NGC 6960 |
Constellation |
Cygnus |
Optics |
TMB 130 f/6 |
Camera |
QHY8/ALccd 6c |
Exposure |
10 x 5min, IDAS LPS filter, 20 x 5min LPS + Astronomik UHC filter, Maxim DL for image acquisition |
Calibration |
No Dark- and Flat Frame |
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Guiding |
Meade DSI Pro II and TMB 80 as Guide Scope, Guiding Software: Maxim DL |
Mount |
Astro-Physics 900 GTO |
Processing |
ImagesPlus, Neat Image, Photoshop |
Location, Date |
Eningen, Germany - 23 July 2007 |
Remark |
Final merging was done using Photoshop´s layer blending mode |
