Observation by Alun Halsey: Veil Nebula

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Alun Halsey

Observer

Alun Halsey

Observed

2021 Sep 29 - 22:38

Uploaded

2021 Oct 01 - 08:21

Objects

The Veil Nebula (Sharpless 103)

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 20^h57^m
Dec: +30°42'
Position angle: +6°38'

Field size

5°51' × 3°47'

Equipment

Sigma 70-300 zoom lens (set to 135mm)
Atik 314L+ CCD camera
Baader 7nm Ha filter (1.25")

Exposure

6 subframes at 600 seconds each giving total of one hour.

Location

Berkshire UK

Target name

Veil Nebula

Title

Veil Nebula

About this image

Camera/lens piggybacked to main scope on a CEM60. Images stacked in Deepskystacker and processed in Photoshop CS2.

Files associated with this observation

Veil-nebula-complex-6x600se.jpg (655.2 kB)

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