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: |
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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 |
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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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