Observation by Ian Sharp: The Veil Nebula

Uploaded by

Mr Ian David Sharp

Observer

Ian Sharp

Observed

2021 Jul 18 - 00:00

Uploaded

2021 Nov 01 - 12:03

Objects

NGC6992
The Western Veil Nebula (NGC6960)
NGC6995

Equipment

Takahashi FSQ-85EDX f/5.3 Quadruplet APO Refractor
QHY268C CMOS OSC Camera
Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 Pro Mount
Pegasus Astro FocusCube2 auto focuser
ZWO 60mm F/4.67 guide scope
ZWO ASI290MM Mini mono guide camera
Optolong Dual-Band L-eXtreme Filter
Starlight Xpress 5 position 2" filter wheel

Exposure

18 x 900 seconds

Location

Ham Observatory, Near Selsey, UK

Target name

The Veil Nebula

Title

The Veil Nebula

About this image

This is a narrowband mosaic with two images of the Veil Nebula in the HOO palette. The resulting field of view is roughly 3 by 3 degrees. Each image of the mosaic consists of 18 x 900s exposures making about 4.5 hours of exposure each. The filter used was the Optolong L-eXtreme dual band filter which provides both Ha and OIII bands with a width of 7nm each. Interestingly, this was taken in mid July when astronomical darkness is not achieved in the South Coast of England.

Files associated with this observation

Veil_Mosaic_2021_HOO_LEx_2400px.jpg (1.7 MB)

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