• NGC 6960 in Cygnus, the Western Veil Nebula
    • NGC 6960 in Aquarius, the Eastern Veil Nebula
    Annotated image
  • NGC 6960, the Western Veil Nebula in Cygnus, is also known as
  • the Witch's Broom nebula and appears at the top of this picture.
  • Just left of center is Pickering's Wedge and in the bottom left
  • corner are NGC 6979 and NGC 6974.  All the nebulosity in this
  • picture is part of a larger supernova remnant that includes
  • the Eastern Veil nebula.
  • Hover over the image for an annotated view.
  • Date:  6 July 2022
  • FOV:  Approximately 165' × 110'; the angular size of NGC 6960 is just over 90'
  • Telescope:  Stellarvue SVX102T + SFFR.74 reducer (535mm f/5.25)
  • Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,
  • Stellarvue F050G 50mm guide scope
  • Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
  • Mount:  iOptron CEM40
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 240
  • Filter:  Optolong L-eNhance narrow dual band filter
  • Stacking:  Thirty 240 second frames using Deep Sky Stacker
  • Total Time:  2 hours
  • Processing:  Pixinsight – SPPC, DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT,
  • MStr, GHS, HST, PMath MStr + GHS + HST, Sat, Scale
  • Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY