Observation by Simon Paul Davis: Cygnus loop

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Simon Paul Davis

Observer

Simon Paul Davis

Observed

2024 Jul 28 - 22:30

Uploaded

2024 Aug 22 - 11:24

Objects

The Eastern Veil Nebula (Caldwell 33)
The Western Veil Nebula (NGC6960)
NGC6979

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 20^h51^m
Dec: +30°48'
Position angle: +76°16'

Field size

3°40' × 3°02'

Equipment

Sharpstar HNT15028 150mm Newtonian
ASI1600MM Pro
OAG with ASI2900MM
Ha, Sii and Oiii filters

Exposure

40 x 120 Seconds Guided, Ha, Sii and Oiii (each of 5 panels)

Location

Hampshire Bortle 5/6

Target name

Cygnus Loop

Title

Cygnus loop

About this image

This has been a bit of a project for me as I have always wanted a picyure of the complete Veil nebula (Cygnus loop) but it is too wide field for my scope. This is a narrowband mosaic (processed in PixInsight) consisting of 5 panels (should have been 4 but my poor mosaic planning got in the way!).

Each panel consisted of over 4 hours of data taken overnight, each with Ha, Sii and Oiii. The palette is a modified HSO pallete with Hydrogen mapped to red.

Files associated with this observation

Cyg_final_small.jpg (2.5 MB)

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