• NGC 6992 in Cygnus, the Eastern Veil Nebula
    • NGC 6992 in Aquarius, the Eastern Veil Nebula
    Annotated image
  • NGC 6992, the Eastern Veil Nebula in Cygnus,
  • part of a large supernova remnant.
  • Hover over the image for an annotated view.
  • Date:  6 July 2022
  • FOV:  Cropped to 95' × 63'; the angular size of NGC 6992 is about 60'
  • Telescope:  Stellarvue SVX102T + SFFR.74 reducer (535mm f/5.25)
  • Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,
  • Stellarvue F050G 50mm guide scope
  • Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
  • Mount:  iOptron CEM40
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 240
  • Filter:  Optolong L-eNhance narrow dual band filter
  • Stacking:  Sixteen 240 second frames using Deep Sky Stacker
  • Total Time:  1 hour 4 minutes
  • Processing:  Pixinsight – SPPC, DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT, DynCrop,
  • MStr, GHS, HST, PMath MStr + GHS + HST, HDR7, Sat, Scale
  • Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY