Eastern Veil Nebula

[Bill Richards]

The Eastern Veil Nebula (aka NGC 6992) is the eastern half of a supernova remnant about 1400 light-years away. This debris cloud was blasted out from the cataclysmic explosion of a dying star (supernova) over 10,000 years ago. The interstellar shock wave plows through space sweeping up and exciting interstellar material. Imaged with narrow band filters, the glowing filaments are like long ripples in a sheet seen almost edge on, remarkably well separated into atomic hydrogen (red) and oxygen (blue-green) gas.

This is the result of over 6 hours of exposure time taken on 8/16/2022.

Equipment and Software:
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Mount: iOption CEM40 w/iPolar
Telescope: SkyWatcher Esprit 100ED
Auto-Focuser: Pegasus FocusCube2
Imaging Camera: ASI2600MC-Pro
Filter: AstroHutech NBZ dual-band filter
Guide Camera: ASI290MM-Mini on OAG
Imaging Software: NINA
Guiding Software: PHD2
Image Processing Software: PixInsight

Exposure Details:
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Camera Temperature -10C
Bias: 50
Gain: 100
125 x 180s (rejected 15)
Plus 32x Darks, Flats, and Dark Flats

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[Ben Egbert]

This is another fantastic DSO well done and I admire your patience

 

[AlanLichty]

The oxygen gas add an almost ghostly glow to the reds in this nebula. Beautiful.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

That is a cool looking nebula. Nicely done.

 

[CRTAstro]

Great job on this one !

 

[Mike Lewis]

Excellent result! This is a great image of a very fun object!

ML

 

[JimFox]

Alright Bill! You got some really sweet detail. And I love the amount of color separation you got.

I have been wanting a decent image of the Veil Nebula and it's 2 sides for a while now and you have set the bar pretty high. I have a reference with this one as to my goal with capturing this. I don't know if I will capture it this next imaging session or not, but it's getting high on my list of objects to capture.

 

[Dan Moorehead]

Marvelous

 

[chuckp]

The Eastern Veil Nebula (aka NGC 6992) is the eastern half of a supernova remnant about 1400 light-years away. This debris cloud was blasted out from the cataclysmic explosion of a dying star (supernova) over 10,000 years ago. The interstellar shock wave plows through space sweeping up and exciting interstellar material. Imaged with narrow band filters, the glowing filaments are like long ripples in a sheet seen almost edge on, remarkably well separated into atomic hydrogen (red) and oxygen (blue-green) gas.

This is the result of over 6 hours of exposure time taken on 8/16/2022.

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Equipment and Software:
=======================
Mount: iOption CEM40 w/iPolar
Telescope: SkyWatcher Esprit 100ED
Auto-Focuser: Pegasus FocusCube2
Imaging Camera: ASI2600MC-Pro
Filter: AstroHutech NBZ dual-band filter
Guide Camera: ASI290MM-Mini on OAG
Imaging Software: NINA
Guiding Software: PHD2
Image Processing Software: PixInsight

Exposure Details:
=================
Camera Temperature -10C
Bias: 50
Gain: 100
125 x 180s (rejected 15)
Plus 32x Darks, Flats, and Dark Flats

#VeilNebula #NGC6992 #amateurastrophotography #asiweek #astro #astronomy #astronomymagazine #astronomyphotography #astronomypicturesdaily #astrophotography #cosmos #deepsky #deepskyobject #longexpo #longexposure #nasa #nebula #nightphotography #nightsky #outerspace #photography #science #skyandtelescopemag #space #spacephotography #stars #telescope #universe

Nice shot Bill. This is one of my favorite objects to image and view through a telescope.