The Eastern Veil Nebula - NGC-6995

[JimFox]

The Eastern Veil is one that I have been wanting to capture for a long time, but just never was too happy with my results when I had used my DSLR. But now with an astro camera, it helps to make a huge difference. This was taken 2 weeks ago while traveling along the I-70 in the flat lands before it starts climbing to cross the Rocky Mountain Range.

52 - Lights at 180 secs with the Optolong L-Enhance Filter
30 - Flats
30 - Dark/Flats
10 - Darks

iOptron Gem28
ZWO ASI2600mc Pro
ZWO 120mm Mini - Guide Camera
Askar Fra500
Stacked in Pixinsight
BlurXterminator
NoiseXterminator
StarXterminator
Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Interesting shape for this DSO. Looks clean and crisp.

 

[JimFox]

Interesting shape for this DSO. Looks clean and crisp.

Thanks Jameel. Similar to the Western Veil it has this cool thread like appearance to it.

Also, this one is also called the Witches Broom I believe.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Jim,

This is very nice, seemingly another step up in your post processing prowess to my eye. very nicely processed, with tight stars, wonderful colors, and great channel separation between the narrowband signals in the nebula. There are so many stars in this region of the sky that is can really overwhelm the nebula - here you have managed to reduce the impact of that while still keeping a very natural look. Really just lovely work all around. Seems like the switch to Pixinsight may be paying some dividends

ML

 

[Ben Egbert]

Jim you never cease to amaze me with shapes color and detail. So amazing that you can collect data over multiple sessions and still align them