NGC 6992 Veil Nebula Imaged at Kitt Peak Observatory

NGC 6992

Date: 12/15/2017

Description: The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop (radio source W78, or Sharpless 103), a large but relatively faint supernova remnant.. [Ref: WikiPedia]

Sky Conditions: Clear skies no moon,  FWHM: 2.2 arc sec/pixel

Imaging: Exposure: 2 hou2r RGB each (12 x 300sec/ea.) at 2x2 bin using RGB filters

Guiding: Self guiding at 6 sec guide rate at 2x2 bin using NOAG

Equipment:

SBIG STL1100 CCD (LRGB filters), cooled to -35deg C

Takahashi 8” F2                                                                                                                                                                                     

NOAG with StarlightXpress Lodestar II  guide camera                                                                                                                                           Paramount MX Mount

Software:                                                                                                                                                                                                     FocusMax,, SkyX, PixIsight -  calibration with darks, flats,  bias and color correction

Observatory site : Kitt Peak, AZ

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