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

20:10 29/8/2006 UTC

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.

Camera: Modified Canon EOS 350D | 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)