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Observations of the Western Veil Nebula (NGC6960)

Other names The Witch's Broom Nebula
The Filamentary Nebula
The Lace-work Nebula
C 34
LBN 191

Object type Supernova remnant

RA 20h45m

Declination 30°35' N

Constellation Cygnus

Part of The Veil Nebula (Sharpless 103)

Further information

Showing images 1 – 40 of 85


4 
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NGC 6960 Western Veil ...
John Taylor
Obs 2025 Aug 02 – 01:20 UTC
Upload 2025 Aug 11 – 15:50 UTC

3 
2 
veil nebula
Nigel Price
Obs 2025 Jul 12 – 23:17 UTC
Upload 2025 Jul 15 – 20:54 UTC

2 
0 
The Witches Broom
Jonathon Elliott
Obs 2025 Jul 01 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2025 Jul 04 – 22:38 UTC

7 
0 
NGC 6960
Oliver Hext
Obs 2025 Jun 21 – 00:30 UTC
Upload 2025 Jun 21 – 12:41 UTC

6 
0 
Western Veil
Kenneth Medcalf
Obs 2025 Jun 16 – 22:35 UTC
Upload 2025 Jun 18 – 08:25 UTC

2 
0 
NGC 6960
Ivan Walton
Obs 2024 Dec 18 – 19:56 UTC
Upload 2024 Dec 25 – 13:39 UTC

7 
0 
Witches Broom NGC 6960
Iain Cartwright
Obs 2016 Aug 28 – 22:30 UTC
Upload 2024 Dec 15 – 00:10 UTC

2 
0 
Veil Nebula
Kevin Langford
Obs 2024 Aug 11 – 21:30 UTC
Upload 2024 Nov 13 – 11:39 UTC

3 
0 
NGC 6960 western Veil ...
Alan Dowdell
Obs 2024 Sep 27 – 22:32 UTC
Upload 2024 Nov 06 – 16:19 UTC

2 
0 
Veil Nebula NGC6960
Iain Cartwright
Obs 2024 Oct 06 – 00:07 UTC
Upload 2024 Oct 06 – 00:11 UTC

3 
0 
Cygnus loop
Simon Paul Davis
Obs 2024 Jul 28 – 22:30 UTC
Upload 2024 Aug 22 – 11:24 UTC

2 
0 
Western Veil Neubula N...
Charles Graham Taylor
Obs 2024 Jul 08 – 01:18 UTC
Upload 2024 Jul 11 – 17:24 UTC

2 
0 
Western Veil Witches B...
Ian Papworth
Obs 2024 Jul 06 – 11:02 UTC
Upload 2024 Jul 06 – 11:05 UTC

2 
0 
52 Cygni and NGC 6960
Peter Tickner
Obs 2024 Jun 24 – 23:50 UTC
Upload 2024 Jun 25 – 17:37 UTC

2 
0 
Cygnus Loop
Colin Henshaw
Obs 2023 Sep 15 – 19:39 UTC
Upload 2024 Jun 11 – 00:07 UTC

3 
0 
Witch's Broom cen...
James Weightman
Obs 2024 Jun 07 – 00:57 UTC
Upload 2024 Jun 07 – 08:51 UTC

4 
0 
Western Veil
Pat Devine
Obs 2023 Sep 04 – 21:55 UTC
Upload 2023 Oct 21 – 15:56 UTC

4 
0 
NGC 6960 Witch's ...
Maxim Usatov
Obs 2023 Sep 23 – 19:37 UTC
Upload 2023 Sep 23 – 19:38 UTC

3 
0 
Western Veil and Picke...
Gary Eason
Obs 2023 Aug 20 – 22:20 UTC
Upload 2023 Sep 02 – 12:47 UTC

3 
0 
NGC 6960 bi-colour
Alun Halsey
Obs 2023 Aug 19 – 21:04 UTC
Upload 2023 Aug 20 – 11:42 UTC

2 
0 
NGC 6960
Mattia Piccoli
Obs 2023 Aug 11 – 20:13 UTC
Upload 2023 Aug 12 – 10:56 UTC

1 
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NGC6960 C34 Witch'...
Nicholas Freeman
Obs 2023 Aug 01 – 02:21 UTC
Upload 2023 Aug 02 – 00:19 UTC

1 
0 
NGC6960 Witches broom
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2023 Jul 26 – 02:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Jul 27 – 12:33 UTC

5 
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The Witches Broom
Jonathon Elliott
Obs 2023 Jul 16 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Jul 22 – 19:48 UTC

6 
0 
Veil nebula/Cygnus loo...
Kabir Jami
Obs 2023 Jul 08
Upload 2023 Jul 10 – 20:13 UTC

4 
0 
C33 Veil Nebula in Cyg...
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2023 Jun 25 – 01:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Jun 25 – 11:16 UTC

4 
0 
Veil Nebula at midsumm...
Nick James
Obs 2023 Jun 24 – 00:59 UTC
Upload 2023 Jun 24 – 07:42 UTC

1 
0 
VEIL NEBULA re-process...
Neil Webster
Obs 2023 Feb 28 – 19:31 UTC
Upload 2023 Feb 28 – 19:41 UTC

4 
0 
NGC6960-Western Veil S...
Brad Thomas
Obs 2022 Dec 19 – 20:16 UTC
Upload 2022 Dec 19 – 20:18 UTC

4 
0 
VEIL NEBULA
Neil Webster
Obs 2022 Nov 20 – 20:00 UTC
Upload 2022 Nov 21 – 20:21 UTC

4 
0 
VEIL NEBULA
Neil Webster
Obs 2022 Oct 28 – 20:00 UTC
Upload 2022 Oct 30 – 19:42 UTC

3 
0 
Western veil narrowban...
Simon Paul Davis
Obs 2022 Oct 10 – 19:45 UTC
Upload 2022 Oct 21 – 11:27 UTC

4 
0 
Western Veil & Pic...
Graham Roberts
Obs 2022 Aug 31 – 21:00 UTC
Upload 2022 Oct 01 – 18:54 UTC

4 
0 
W Veil Nebula
Mazin Younis
Obs 2022 Sep 21 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2022 Sep 22 – 18:43 UTC

3 
0 
The Veil Nebula
David Strange
Obs 2022 Aug 28 – 23:40 UTC
Upload 2022 Aug 29 – 13:43 UTC

7 
0 
Western Veil Nebula
Mark Fairfax
Obs 2022 Aug 20 – 01:10 UTC
Upload 2022 Aug 20 – 15:00 UTC

9 
0 
Pickering's Trian...
Mr Ian David Sharp
Obs 2022 Jul 10
Upload 2022 Jul 28 – 13:20 UTC

7 
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Veil Nebula region
Nick James
Obs 2022 Jul 16 – 00:49 UTC
Upload 2022 Jul 16 – 06:23 UTC

6 
0 
The Veil Nebula Region
Jonathon Elliott
Obs 2022 May 22 – 01:00 UTC
Upload 2022 May 22 – 11:10 UTC

3 
0 
NGC 6960
Mattia Piccoli
Obs 2022 Jan 27 – 17:26 UTC
Upload 2022 Jan 27 – 17:26 UTC
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