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NGC6960 - The Western Veil Nebula

NGC6960 - The Western Veil Nebula

Date: 10/09/2010
Target: NGC6960 - The Western Veil Nebula
Telescope: Vixen ED80Sf
Camera: Canon 40D (modified)
Filter: None
Exposures: 36x300s (3.0h) @ ISO1600
Framing: North is Left
Location: Mocksville, NC
Seeing: 4/5
Transparency: 5/5
Start Time: 9:00PM
End Time: 1:00AM
Captured with Nebulosity, stacked using DeepSkyStacker, processed in Photoshop.

From wikipedia:
The Veil Nebula, is part of the Cygnus Loop, radio source W78, or Sharpless 103. Other parts of the loop include the 'Eastern Veil', the 'Western Veil' or 'Witch's Broom Nebula', and Pickering's Triangular Wisp. It is a large, relatively faint supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus. The source supernova exploded some 5,000 to 8,000 years ago, and the remnants have since expanded to cover an area of ~3x3 degrees; about 6 times the diameter or 36 times the area of a full moon. The distance to the nebula is not precisely known, with estimates ranging from 1,400 to 2,600 light-years. It was discovered on 1784 September 5 by William Herschel. He described the western end of the nebula as "Extended; passes thro' 52 Cygni... near 2 degree in length." and described the eastern end as "Branching nebulosity... The following part divides into several streams uniting again towards the south."