The Eastern Veil Nebula

[crimbfighter]

The Eastern Veil Nebula. Located 1470 light years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus, this is a small part of the entire nebula. The Veil Nebula is a supernova remnant made up of heated and ionized gas and dust. Imaged from my Bortle 5/6 back yard on 6/21.

-Celestron AVX mount
-Astro-Tech AT130EDT 130mm f/7 telescope with a 0.8x reducer, making it a 728mm focal length, f/5.6 scope.
-ZWO ASI2600MC Pro cooled camera
-ZWO EAF focuser
-Optolong L-Extreme dual narrowband filter
-Pegasus Astro Mini Powerbox
-Orion 60mm guide scope
-Orion Starshoot autoguider
-Controlled with a MeLE Quieter3Q mini PC running Windows

Software
-Sequence Generator Pro for acquisition
-PixInsight and Photoshop for image processing

-34 x 180sec subexposures
-calibrated with 15 each darks, flats, and dark flats
-Total integration time of 1.75hrs

The rig used

 

[terri]

This is gorgeous! I love the shape and colors of this!

Excellent work, as always.

 

[jeffashman]

Another fantastic shot!

 

[slat]

Wonderful shot.

 

[SquarePeg]

amazing!