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Veil Nebula Complex

Object

Type                      Super Nova Remnant

Constellation            Cygnus

Distance                 2400 light years

Magnitude               7.0

Size                       230x160 arc-min

 

Image

Date                       2017-09-19, 2017-09-20, 2017-09-21

Place                      Okie-Tex Star Party

Exposure Data          HaOIIILRGB  140, 140, 100, 110, 120, 120 mins @ -30C

                             Ha 7x20, OIII 7x20, C 10x10, R 11x10, G 12x10, B 12x10

Notes                     Includes NGC 6960, 6974, 6979, 6992, 6995, IC 1340 and others

                             All filters binned 1x1

                            

 

Equipment

Optics                    Takahashi FSQ-106

Focal Length            530 mm @f/5

Mount                     Takahashi NJP

Camera                   SBIG STXL-11002

Focuser                  RoboFocus

Filters                     FW8G-STXL, Astrodon CRGB (Gen 2), Ha (3nm), OIII (3nm)

Software                 TheSkyX, CCDAutopilot5, CCDStack2+, PhotoShop CS6, PixInsight, BlurXTerminator, StarXTerminator
                             Reprocessed on 2023-02-06