Jim Burnell's CCD Images - NGC6960 - The Veil Nebula Clicking on the image will display a high-resolution view.

 

Object: NGC6960	The Veil Nebula - Supernova Remnant	Const.: Cygnus
Camera: SXV-H9	Scope: Tele Vue NP-101	Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): Hα:R:G:B	Exposure: 8x8m:2x16m:2x16m:2x16m	TeleVue 0.8x Focal Reducer
NGC6960, the western portion of the Veil Nebula in Cygnus. This region, around the star 52 Cygni, is also known as the Witch's Broom. This color image uses a luminance stack of 8 eight minute exposures taken through a Hydrogen-alpha filter with an SXV-H9 CCD camera on a Tele Vue NP-101 4" f/5.4 refractor. It was gamma-scaled and combined with red, green and blue channels, each of which was a stack of 2 sixteen minute exposures. All image processing was performed using AIP4WIN. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1174x877.

 

Hydrogen-α
Object: NGC6960	The Veil Nebula - Supernova Remnant	Const.: Cygnus
Camera: SXV-H9	Scope: Tele Vue Genesis SDF	Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): Hα	Exposure: 9x8m	TeleVue 0.8x Focal Reducer
A section of the Veil Nebula, NGC6960, a supernova remnant in Cygnus. This is the western section, known as "the Witch's Broom". This image is a stack of 9 eight minute exposures shot through a Hydrogen-alpha filter. The exposures were acquired using an SXV-H9 CCD camera on a Tele Vue Genesis SDF 4" refractor equipped with a 0.8x focal reducer, yielding an effective focal length of 430mm. This image was shot with a bright moon in the sky. The exposures were calibrated, defect-corrected and stacked using AIP4WIN. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1040x1392.

 

Object: NGC6960	The Veil Nebula - Supernova Remnant	Const.: Cygnus
Camera: HX-916	Scope: AP130	Mount: AP1200GTO
Filter(s): IR block	Exposure: 17x4m	blank
NGC6960, the western portion of the Veil Nebula in Cygnus, known as "the Witch's Broom". A stack of 17 four minute exposures using a 5" f/6 refractor. Image processing was performed using AIP4WIN. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1300x1030.

 

Object: NGC6960	The Veil Nebula - Supernova Remnant	Const.: Cygnus
Camera: HX-916	Scope: AP130	Mount: AP1200GTO
Filter(s): L:R:G:B	Exposure: 9x2m:8x2m:8x2m:8x2m	Color channels binned 2x2
NGC6960, the western portion of the Veil Nebula in Cygnus. This region, around the star 52 Cygni, is also known as the Witch's Broom. This color image uses a luminance stack of 9 two minute exposures using a 5" f/6 refractor. It was histogram-shaped and combined with subsampled red, green and blue channels, each of which was a stack of 8 two minute exposures. All image processing was performed using AIP4WIN. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1300x1030.