Veil Nebula

The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus.

 

It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant, many portions of which have acquired their own individual names and catalogue identifiers. The source supernova was a star 20 times more massive than the Sun which exploded between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. At the time of the explosion, the supernova would have appeared brighter than Venus in the sky, and visible in the daytime. The remnants have since expanded to cover an area of the sky roughly 3 degrees in diameter (about 6 times the diameter, and 36 times the area, of the full Moon). While previous distance estimates have ranged from 1200 to 5800 light-years, a recent determination of 2400 light-years is based on direct astrometric measurements. (The distance estimates affect also the estimates of size and age.)

 

Mount - EQ6R Pro

Scope - William Optics GT81 with 0.8 Reducer

Camera - ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro cooled to -10c

Filter - Optolong L Ultimate

Guiding - ZWO 30 mm Mini Scope and & 120MM Mono Camera

Computer - ZWO ASIAIR Pro

Processing Software - Pixingsight

 

112 x 600 Second Lights (total integration 18.6 hours over 4 nights)

 

Calibration frames - 50 darks, 50 flats

 

 

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