Jim Burnell's CCD Images - NGC6992 - The Veil Nebula Clicking on the image will display a high-resolution view.

 

Object: NGC6992	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: 18x90s:3x16m:3x16m:3x16m	TeleVue 0.8x Focal Reducer
A section of the Veil Nebula, NGC6992, a supernova remnant in Cygnus. This is the eastern section, known as "The Waterfall". This image uses a stack of 18 ninety second exposures shot through a Hydrogen-alpha filter as the luminance channel, and stacks of 3 sixteen minute exposures for each color channel. The Luminance channel can be seen in the image below. The color exposures were acquired using an SXV-H9 CCD camera on a Tele Vue NP-101 4" refractor equipped with a 0.8x focal reducer, yielding an effective focal length of 430mm. The exposures were calibrated, defect-corrected and stacked using AIP4WIN. The color channels were combined and automatically G2V-balanced using AIP4Win's color tools. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1217x909.

 

Hydrogen-α
Object: NGC6992	The Veil Nebula - Supernova Remnant	Const.: Cygnus
Camera: SXV-H9	Scope: Tele Vue Genesis SDF	Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): Hα	Exposure: 18x90s	TeleVue 0.8x Focal Reducer
A section of the Veil Nebula, NGC6992, a supernova remnant in Cygnus. This is the eastern section, known as "The Waterfall". This image is a stack of 18 ninety second 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 acquired through a high haze layer. The exposures were stacked using AIP4WIN. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1032x1374.

 

Object: NGC6992	The Veil Nebula - Supernova Remnant	Const.: Cygnus
Camera: HX-916	Scope: AP130	Mount: AP1200GTO
Filter(s): L:R:G:B	Exposure: 17x60s:9x60s:9x60s:9x60s	blank
A color image of NGC6992, the eastern portion of the Veil Nebula in Cygnus. The calibration, stacking and color compositing was performed using AIP4WIN's automatic color tools. The color filters were calibrated using the G2V solar analog star 16 Cygni in AIP4WIN's Color Calculator tool. The luminance image is a stack of 17 one minute exposures using a 5" f/6 refractor. The red, green and blue channels are each a stack of 9 one minute exposures. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1300x1030.

 

Object: NGC6992	The Veil Nebula - Supernova Remnant	Const.: Cygnus
Camera: HX-916	Scope: AP130	Mount: AP1200GTO
Filter(s): IR block	Exposure: 17x60s	blank
NGC6992, the eastern portion of the Veil Nebula in Cygnus. A stack of 17 one 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.

 

Hydrogen-α
Object: NGC6992	The Veil Nebula - Supernova Remnant	Const.: Cygnus
Camera: SXV-H9	Scope: Vixen R200SS	Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): Hα	Exposure: 8x8m	TeleVue Paracorr
A section of the Veil Nebula, NGC6992, a supernova remnant in Cygnus. This is the eastern section, known as "The Waterfall". This image is a stack of 8 eight minute exposures shot through a Hydrogen-alpha filter. The exposures were acquired using an SXV-H9 CCD camera on a Vixen R200SS 8" f/4 Newtonian equipped with a Paracorr. The exposures were calibrated, defect-corrected and stacked using AIP4WIN. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1392x1040.

 

Hydrogen-α
Object: NGC6992	The Veil Nebula - Supernova Remnant	Const.: Cygnus
Camera: SXV-H9	Scope: Vixen R200SS	Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): Hα	Exposure: 2x8m	TeleVue Paracorr
A section of the Veil Nebula, NGC6992, a supernova remnant in Cygnus. This image is a stack of 2 eight minute exposures shot through a Hydrogen-alpha filter. (A tracking problem ruined the other 6 exposures, but using some new experimental noise removal tools I was able to rescue it). The exposures were acquired using an SXV-H9 CCD camera on a Vixen R200SS 8" f/4 Newtonian equipped with a Paracorr. The exposures were calibrated, defect-corrected and stacked using AIP4WIN. Wavelet Noise Removal was used to enhance the structure. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1392x1040.