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NGC6992 - The Eastern Veil

18:36 23/9/2006 UTC

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Greetings from DS-Meet, which was held in URSA Observatory in Artjärvi! During the whole weekend, weather was excellent. Second night was even pretty dry and dew didn't get me during the exposure. While filters wouldn't have been needed under Artjärvi's dark sky (LM 6.7), UHC helped reduce the bright starfields in Milky Way. Equipment worked like charm and I am pretty much satisfied with the result. The atmosphere in the happening was fantastic, nothing beats stargazing next to the observatory tower under bright Milky Way!

NGC/IC Object List:
NGC6992 gaseous nebula RA:20h56m24.0 Dec:+31°43m'00" BMag: 7.0, CED 182B Veil Nebula
NGC6995 gaseous nebula RA:20h57m06.0 Dec:+31°13m'00" BMag: 7.0, CED 182C Veil Nebula
IC1340 gaseous nebula RA:20h56m12.0 Dec:+31°04m'00" BMag: ,

veil-2006.09.23-18h36m.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 IR/UV block, Baader UHC-S 2" | Guiding: Orion ShortTube 80mm f5 refractor, QCGuider, Teleskop-Service 1.5x Barlow, Phillips ToUCam Pro II webcam | Exposure: 13x600s (2h10m) ISO800 f6, 6 darks, 13 flats, bias | Software: IRIS, GIMP | Location: 60°44'N 26°12'E (Tähtikallion Observatory/Artjärvi, FI) | Target altitude in the beginning of the exposure 60°

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Added: 17:01 24/9/2006 UTC