Jelieta Walinski
Walinski+Jelieta_WesternVeilNebula_NASAApod
Title
“Witch’s Broom in the Void: NGC 6960 (Western Veil Nebula)”
Description
Beneath the wing of the celestial swan, I captured the ghostly filaments of the Western Veil Nebula (NGC 6960) — a breath of cosmic memory from a star that died thousands of years ago. This delicate lacework of ionized hydrogen and oxygen drifts across space, the remnant of a supernova whose shock-wave, sweeping through the interstellar medium, carved and illuminated the shell we now see.
AstroBackyard
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Wikipedia
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Sky & Telescope
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At an estimated distance of ~2,100–2,400 light-years and spanning roughly 110 light-years across, this structure stretches nearly six moon-diameters across our sky.
NASA Science
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astro.nightsky.at
+2
The bright star 52 Cygni that appears embedded in the nebula is in fact a foreground star, giving us only the illusion of association.
Sky & Telescope
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Captured from the dark desert skies of the Desert Bloom Observatory (Bortle Class 2) on October 19, 20, 23, I used a Celestron NexStar EVO 9.25 f/10 and ZWO ASI2600MC PRO on a Sky-Watcher EQ-6R Pro mount, guided by a ZWO 30F4 Miniscope and ASI462 MC, with a ZWO ASIAir Plus controlling acquisition. A 2″ Optolong L-Pro multiband-pass filter was used to isolate emission detail, and exposures of 600 s each were stacked over 58 subs with DeepSkyStacker, then processed via PixInsight and Photoshop to bring out the fragile filament texture and subtle colour gradients.
The final frame reveals the interplay of glowing hydrogen (H-α) and doubly-ionised oxygen (O III) gas, sculpted by shock-fronts and cosmic currents into gossamer strands. It is a snapshot of stellar death and cosmic rebirth — a lament and a celebration, frozen in light.
May this image be a whisper from the universe: that even in destruction, there is beauty; even in silence, there is story.
Walinski+Jelieta_WesternVeilNebula_NASAApod
Title
“Witch’s Broom in the Void: NGC 6960 (Western Veil Nebula)”
Description
Beneath the wing of the celestial swan, I captured the ghostly filaments of the Western Veil Nebula (NGC 6960) — a breath of cosmic memory from a star that died thousands of years ago. This delicate lacework of ionized hydrogen and oxygen drifts across space, the remnant of a supernova whose shock-wave, sweeping through the interstellar medium, carved and illuminated the shell we now see.
AstroBackyard
+3
Wikipedia
+3
Sky & Telescope
+3
At an estimated distance of ~2,100–2,400 light-years and spanning roughly 110 light-years across, this structure stretches nearly six moon-diameters across our sky.
NASA Science
+2
astro.nightsky.at
+2
The bright star 52 Cygni that appears embedded in the nebula is in fact a foreground star, giving us only the illusion of association.
Sky & Telescope
+1
Captured from the dark desert skies of the Desert Bloom Observatory (Bortle Class 2) on October 19, 20, 23, I used a Celestron NexStar EVO 9.25 f/10 and ZWO ASI2600MC PRO on a Sky-Watcher EQ-6R Pro mount, guided by a ZWO 30F4 Miniscope and ASI462 MC, with a ZWO ASIAir Plus controlling acquisition. A 2″ Optolong L-Pro multiband-pass filter was used to isolate emission detail, and exposures of 600 s each were stacked over 58 subs with DeepSkyStacker, then processed via PixInsight and Photoshop to bring out the fragile filament texture and subtle colour gradients.
The final frame reveals the interplay of glowing hydrogen (H-α) and doubly-ionised oxygen (O III) gas, sculpted by shock-fronts and cosmic currents into gossamer strands. It is a snapshot of stellar death and cosmic rebirth — a lament and a celebration, frozen in light.
May this image be a whisper from the universe: that even in destruction, there is beauty; even in silence, there is story.