NGC6960, The Veil Nebula in Cygnus



NGC6960
Another attempt at "The Witch's Broom" portion of the Veil.
Despite this being almost 3 hours of integration time,
This still came out pretty dim and noisy. Maybe 3-minute subframes would be better.
Also, the new focuser really drives home the fact that the telescope seems to be out of
collimation (see the non-concentric rings around 52 Cyg).
NGC6960
NGC6960, The Western Veil Nebula, Supernova Remnant in Cygnus
The Veil Nebula is one of my deepsky nemeses;
it's big (over 3° across if you get the whole thing at once), it's dim,
and it always seems to be in just the exact place where my telescope doesn't want to point.
Here's the main part of the Western Loop.

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