Eastern portion of the Veil Nebula

Posted by BruceW
on Monday, August 27, 2012

This is one "end" of NGC 6992, the eastern segment of the Veil Nebula.  The DSO is part of a huge supernova nebula complex that covers a 3-degree-diameter area in the constellation Cygnus.   The image was taken from a semi-rural area near Aguanga CA on 8/18 and 8/19/2012.  A PlaneWave CDK 12.5-inch telescope was used with an SBIG ST-2000XM camera, operating at f/5.3.  Total capture time was 5.5 hours using LRGB filters.

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