NGC6960. The Veil Nebula
Diffuse nebula in Cygnus
 

This spheric nebula is part of the the cygnus loop and forms the remnants of a supernova that exploded some 10,000 years ago.
Distance to earth: 1,400 light years
Visual Magnitude:




Full resolution image

Date and location Aug 29, 2025. Caraquiz, Guadalajara
Telescope GSO RC12 Truss, f=2450mm, on ASA DDM85 mount. No autoguide
Camera
Moravian G3 16200. IDAS LPS Hutech y  R, G, B Baader filters
Image processing L: 180x300s; RGB: 36x300s. Processed with Pixinsight




Date and location 18-ago-2007. Caraquiz, Guadalajara
Telescope LX200R 8". Autoguíde with Guidemaster, Toucam SC3 and Megrez II 80ED
Camera Artemis11002. 0.7 focal reducer
Image processing
 H-alfa: 8x900s. Images aligned and stacked with AIP4WIN. Process with PixInsight




Previously processed image

Date and location 4-ago-2005. Caraquiz, Madrid
Telescope Megrez II 80ED, f=560mm. Autoguíde with Toucam and LX200GPS
Camera Artemis285. Hutech IDAS LPS filter with IR cut
Image processing
 L: 8x300s; H-alfa: 8x300s; RGB: 3x300s. Images aligned and stacked with AIP4WIN. RGB composition, histograms and noise supression with PixInsight . HLRGB  with Adobe Photoshop




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