NGC 6960 wide field in Cygnus
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Supernova remnant (western part of Veil SNR)
Cyg
2017-07-23
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L @ f/3.5 + mechanical stopper
Astrotrac TT320X
100x2min
3h 20min
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EOS 6D (ISO 1600)
Image acquisition by CEDIC team
(Bernhard Hubl, Christoph Kaltseis, Markus Blauensteiner, Michael Hanl)
Image processing by Bernhard Hubl
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70’
7.0 mag
1 500 Ly
The Veil nebula is the visible structure of a famous supernova remnant
in constellation Cygnus.
The structure is so large that several NGC numbers were assigned
to various arcs of the nebula.
There are three main visual components:
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The Western Veil, consisting of NGC 6960,
near the foreground star 52 Cyg.
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The Eastern Veil, whose brightest areas are NGC 6992 and NGC 6995.
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Pickering's Triangle, which can be found between
NGC 6992 and NGC 6960.