The Cygnus Loop / Veil Nebula

[Andy Elliott]

This is a 4 panel mosaic of the Cygnus Loop region in the constellation of Cygnus.

Imaging details: -

4 - Panel Mosaic
Telescope: Skywatcher Esprit 100ED
Camera: ASI2600MC Pro
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6R Pro
Acquisition: NINA; approx. 2.5 hrs on each panel using 150s exposures
Processing: Pixinsight; Photoshop

The full res image can be viewed here: https://astrob.in/or2gkw/0/

 

[Anubis1311]

Nicely done! Mosaics are on my bucket list however as I shoot mono that’s a lot of subs

 

[JimFox]

Wow Andy! This is awesome! Like Danny, Mosaics are on my bucket list as well. Not sure why I am scared of them.

Have you had any thoughts of upgrading from the 1600mc Pro. It was the standard camera in years gone by, but it seems most everyone has moved up to the 2600mc Pro.

 

[Andy Elliott]

Wow Andy! This is awesome! Like Danny, Mosaics are on my bucket list as well. Not sure why I am scared of them.

Have you had any thoughts of upgrading from the 1600mc Pro. It was the standard camera in years gone by, but it seems most everyone has moved up to the 2600mc Pro.

Thanks Jim. Processing mosaics in PI is fairly straight forward now using the 'Mosaic by Co-ordinates' and 'Photometric Mosaic' scripts, so give it a try, you kind of get hooked on them. File sizes can get very large though!
The camera I used was in fact the ASI2600MC pro, sorry, bad key stroke on my part! I have edited the post now. I do have the ASI1600MM mono, which is still going strong for my NB imaging.

 

[Andy Elliott]

Nicely done! Mosaics are on my bucket list however as I shoot mono that’s a lot of subs

Thanks! If you use Pixinsight , mosaic processing is not so scary. Check out the 'Mosaic By Co-ordinates' script and 'Photometric Mosaic' script.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Great work Andy! This is always an excellent choice for a mosaic as one cannot fully appreciate the scope of this SNR until you see all the elements in context with each other. You have provided us with just that sort of a full rendition here. Love it.

ML

 

[Andy Elliott]

Great work Andy! This is always an excellent choice for a mosaic as one cannot fully appreciate the scope of this SNR until you see all the elements in context with each other. You have provided us with just that sort of a full rendition here. Love it.

ML

Thanks Mike. I think it could do with more data to bring out more of the central filaments and Pickerings Triangle. Probably still a work in progress.