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NGC6960/6979 - The Western Veil Nebula and Pickering's Triangle

20:10 29/8/2006 UTC

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Of course I had to return to this target as soon as weather cleared. I framed the image carefully and managed to get other parts of the Veil into view, like Pickering's Triangle. I originally planned exposing this at least 2h30m, but dewing started causing problems, so I ended the session after little more than hour of exposure. This is very hard region during post processing because of Milky Way star clouds. UHC-S filter helped reducing the brightness of the stars a little, but this target really needs a narrowband filter.

NGC/IC Object List:
NGC6960 supernova remnant RA:20h45m42.0 Dec:+30°43m'00" BMag: 7.0, LBN 191 Veil Nebula
NGC6979 gaseous nebula RA:20h51m00.0 Dec:+32°09m'00" BMag: ,

veil-2006.08.29-20h10m.jpg

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Camera: Modified Canon EOS 350D (Rebel XT) | Telescope: Skywatcher ED80 Pro 80mm f7.5 refractor, William Optics 0.8x focal reducer | Mount: Orion Skyview Pro, Boxdoerfer PowerFlex MTS-3SLP drive controller | Filters: Baader UHC-S 2", Baader IR/UV block | Guiding: Orion ShortTube 80mm f5 refractor, QCGuider, Teleskop-Service 1.5x Barlow, Phillips ToUCam Pro II webcam | Exposure: 15x300s (1h15m) ISO800 f6, 4 darks, 10 flats, bias | Software: IRIS, GIMP | Location: 60°31'N 26°52'E (Koivula/Kotka,FI) | Target altitude in the beginning of the exposure 60°

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Added: 05:55 30/8/2006 UTC