British Astronomical Association

Supporting amateur astronomers since 1890


Gallery

Observers

Objects

Sky map

Histogram

FAQs

Search

Observation by Dean Ashton: Eastern Veil section of Cygnus Loop

Uploaded by

Dean Ashton

Observer

Dean Ashton

Observed

2022 Aug 08 - 23:00

Uploaded

2022 Aug 16 - 07:14

Objects

NGC6995

Planetarium overlay









Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 20h56m
Dec: +30°57'
Position angle: +0°22'

Field size

0°48' × 0°32'

Equipment
  • Celestron 9.25 EdgeHD with 0.7x focal reducer
  • QHY268C Camera
  • Optolong LeNhance Filter
Exposure

21x600s @/f7

Location

St Austell

Target name

NGC6995

Title

Eastern Veil section of Cygnus Loop

About this image

21x600s light frames captured on the nights of 4th August and 8th August 2022.

Southern Part of NGC6995.

The folds and loops of the Ha and Oiii in this part of the nebula look almost organic in nature.

HO-Foraxx palette used for the nebula; Spectrophotomoteric Colour Calibration RGB palette used for the stars.

Files associated with this observation
Like this image
Copyright of all images and other observations submitted to the BAA remains with the owner of the work. Reproduction of work by third parties is expressly forbidden without the consent of the copyright holder. By submitting images to this online gallery, you grant the BAA permission to reproduce them in any of our publications.

© British Astronomical Association 2024

Registered charity no. 210769
Registered company no. 117572

For more information including contact details, click here.

Our Terms of Use are here.

Our Privacy Policy is here.

The BAA image gallery was designed and
built by Dominic Ford.

Image gallery software © Dominic Ford 2020–2024