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 |
Vixen R200SS 8 inch f/4.6 with Televue SBIG Paracorr |
Camera |
SBIG STL 11000M with internal CFW 5 |
Exposure |
5 x 20min (1x1 bin) Baader H-alpha filter, 3 x 20min (1x1 bin) Baader [OIII] filter. 4 x 5min Astrodon True ballance B filter. Maxim DL for image acquisition |
Calibration |
Dark and Flat Frame |
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Guiding |
Meade DSI Pro II and TMB 80 as Guide Scope, Maxim DL as guiding software |
Mount |
Takahashi EM-11 |
Processing |
Maxim DL5, Photoshop. Color Code R:H-alpha,G:[OIII], B |
Location, Date |
Eningen, Germany - 27 Sep 2009 |
Remark |
