Image centered on Ra.20h 51m 0sec   Dec 30deg 40min

Section of the Veil Nebula Complex  (NGC 6992/5)

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Information

NGC 6992 and 6995 are part of a larger emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. Astronomers believe that the nebula is the remnant of an Supernova that occurred many thousands of years ago.


Optics - Exposure information

Telescope Takahashi FS60c

Imager Starlite Xpress SXV-H9

Filters Astronomik Ha (10 nm)   Schuler OIII (15nm)

Exposure data   Ha= 90 minutes  OIII 90 minutes

Images acquired  from my backyard - " Dirt Clod Observatory" in Antelope California

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