Showing posts with label NGC 6995. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NGC 6995. Show all posts

September 29, 2014

Bi-Color Eastern Veil Nebula, NGC 6995 - September 2014

Full resolution image here.

Here is the same veil as below with 220 minutes of OIII added.  The green is synthetic (80% OIII and 20% Ha).  I have seen bi-color images in which the OIII shines as blue, but my blue channel here is too weak.  Whether from the lower blue response of my camera, that I do not have enough time on OIII, the reddening of the sky above my light-polluted backyard, or all of these, the Ha overwhelms the blue. The night I collected OIII was also pretty hazy.  The effect of the blue in this image is therefore only to lighten/whiten the red.

Telescope: Astro-Tech AT111EDT and William Optics AFR-IV (eff. at f/5.6)
Camera and Exposure: SXVF-H9  Ha: 12x1200" (6nm Ha) + 12x900" (12nm Ha+NII); OIII: 11x1200".  Alnitak Flat-man flats
Filters: Astronomik 6nm Ha, 12nm OIII
Guiding: SX Lodestar and SX OAG
Mount: Takahashi NJP
Software: Nebulosity, Photoshop CS3, Registar
Location: The Woodlands, TX

August 24, 2014

A Swatch of Veil - NGC 6995 (August 2014)

Full resolution image here.

Of course, this is part of the Veil Nebula, a supernova remnant in Cygnus.  This is just the Ha (and perhaps a bit of NII).  I've wondered whether the arcs help show the location of the original blast (relative to what remains).

Telescope: Astro-Tech AT111EDT and William Optics AFR-IV (eff. at f/5.6)
Camera and Exposure: SXVF-H9 12x1200" (6nm Ha) + 12x900" (12nm Ha+NII), Alnitak Flat-man flats
Filter: Astronomik 6nm and 12nm Ha[+NII]
Guiding: SX Lodestar and SX OAG
Mount: Takahashi NJP
Software: Nebulosity, Maxim DL, Photoshop CS3
Location: The Woodlands, TX

July 2, 2011

The Eastern Veil, NGC 6992/95, 6-30-2011

The Veil Nebula complex in Cygnus is so large that I can only get a part of a segment in the field of view of the Atik 16. But this is one of the better parts!

Telescope: Orion 120ST f/5 Achromat w/WO ff/fr 0.8 II (so effectively at f/4)
Camera & Exposure: Atik 16, 20x8'
Filter: Astronomik Profi 6nm H-alpha
Guiding: Borg 50mm, Meade DSI Pro, PHD
Mount: Takahashi NJP
Software: Nebulosity, Maxim DL, Photoshop CS3
Location: The Woodlands, TX