Western Veil Nebula - NGC6960

in the Cygnus constellation

Western Veil Nebula - NGC6960

Instruments

Telescope, lens:

  • 200/750 Newtonian
  • ASA 0,95x Wynne corrector

Mount, tracking:

  • SkyWatcher EQ6 Goto (beltdriven)
  • Lacerta M-Gen autoguider on a 8x50 finderscope

Camera, filter(s):

  • Atik Horizon Mono
  • Astronomik Deep-Sky RGB filterset
  • Astronomik 6nm Ha filter
  • Astronomik 6nm OIII filter

Exposure:

Integration details:

  • 102x180s, H-alfa
  • 106x180s, OIII
  • 36x180s, RGB

Location, date:

  • Ágasvár, Hungary
  • 2018. July 12-16.

Weather conditions:

  • Temperature: -15°C
  • Transparency: 8/10
  • Seeing: 7/10

Where to find

Sky chart:

Sky chart:

Main objects:

Main objects:

Field of view data:

  • Orientation: 61.98°
  • Scale: 1.97"/pixel
  • Centre RA: 20h 47m 10.79s
  • Centre DEC: 30° 2' 15.19"
  • FOV width: 1° 2' 39.33"
  • FOV height: 1° 23' 53.25"
András Papp