NGC6960 - Veil Nebula and Pickering's Triangle

in the Cygnus constellation

NGC6960 - Veil Nebula and Pickering's Triangle

Instruments

Telescope, lens:

  • GPU 80/525 APO
  • Televue TRF-2008 Flattener

Mount, tracking:

  • SkyWatcher HEQ5 Syntrek
  • Lacerta M-Gen autoguider on a 8x50 finderscope

Camera, filter(s):

  • Canon EOS 350D (modified)

Exposure:

Integration details:

  • 96x600s, ISO800

Location, date:

  • Ágasvár, Hungary
  • 2011. August 25-26.

Weather conditions:

  • Temperature: 10°C
  • Transparency: 8/10
  • Seeing: 8/10

Where to find

Sky chart:

Sky chart:

Main objects:

Main objects:

Field of view data:

  • Orientation: 89.35°
  • Scale: 5.64"/pixel
  • Centre RA: 20h 47m 20.70s
  • Centre DEC: 30° 3' 58.85"
  • FOV width: 3° 0' 24.59"
  • FOV height: 1° 59' 16.49"
András Papp