The Western Veil Nebula

[crimbfighter]

The Western Veil Nebula! This image is a portion of a larger gaseous structure, which is a supernova remnant, known as the Cygnus Loop. Imaged last night from the back yard. The whispy tendrils of hydrogen and oxygen gas make for a very cool appearance. The portion in the upper right is also sometimes referred to as the Witch's Broom. This image can be challenging to edit because of a notoriously bright star in the Witch's Broom, known as 52 Cyg.

-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
-PHD2 guiding software

-89 x 180sec subexposures
-15 x 60sec subexposures
-calibrated with 15 each darks, flats, and dark flats
-Total integration time of 4.75hrs

Imaging rig for reference

 

[jeffashman]

Wonderful image!

 

[crimbfighter]

Thanks!

 

[Jeff15]

Are you sure that you have not got a personal link to The James web scope,? great shot

 

[GDHLEWIS]

Stunning image

 

[MitchP]

OMG! Your space images just keep getting better and better!

 

[crimbfighter]

Are you sure that you have not got a personal link to The James web scope,? great shot

you've uncovered me secret!

Stunning image

Thanks!

OMG! Your space images just keep getting better and better!

Thank you!

 

[wobe]

Beautiful and wonderful, as always!

 

[slat]

Great as always.