Thursday, November 11, 2021

Veil Nebula NGC6960 RGB and H-alpha

The Veil Nebula (NGC6960) in constellation Cygnus is a supernova remnant. The cloud of ionised gas is located about 2400 lightyears away from Earth. Estimations when the supernova happened range between 5000 and 20000 years ago.
A picture was made of the Western Veil Nebula near star 52 Cygni. 


Setting : Nikon D7500 and TLAPO 80/480 f/6; RGB 7x600s ISO400 and H-Alpha 11x300 ISO1600 which results in a total exposure of 125 minutes. No darks, bias or flats.

Guiding Set up: N.I.N.A (Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy), EQMOD, Stellarium, PHD2 with guiding camera ASI224MC and guidescope ZWO 30 f/4.

Pictures are stacked using APP and final editing with CS4 and DeNoise AI.