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NGC 6992 - The Eastern Veil in HST image

NGC 6992 - The Eastern Veil in HST


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Found in the constellation Cygnus (The Swan), the Eastern portion of the Veil Nebula supernova remnant, also known as Caldwell 33, is comprised of three portions. The brighter portion is NGC 6992 and connects with NGC 6995 and IC1340. It is displayed here in false color representation using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) palette. Narrowband filters were used to isolate the hydrogen-alpha (Ha), oxygen-3 (OIII), and sulfur-2 (SII) emissions and reveal the structure of the nebula. Discovered in 1784 by William Herschel, The Veil complex (or Cygnus Loop) appears dim since it is spread over a large area. The source supernova violently exploded some 5,000 - 8,000 years ago leaving only these expanding filaments behind. Telescope: Stellarvue Raptor SVR105 @ f/7 Accessories: Stellarvue SFF7-21 flattener; Dew control by Dew Buster Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G controlled by EQMOD performance tuned by Astrotroniks Camera: QSI583wsg CCD @ -10.0C Guiding: Starlight Xpress Lodestar via PHD Filters: Astrodon 5nm Ha, OIII, SII Exposure: 12 x 20min. OIII & SII, 11 x 20min. Ha Acquisition: ImagesPlus 4.0c Camera Control Processing: Calibration, DDP in Images Plus v4.0; Registration in Registar Post-processing: Adobe Photoshop CS5; Hubble palette R=SII, G=Ha, B=OIII Date(s): June 30, 2011, July 2, 2011 & July 9, 2011 SQM reading (begin - end): N1:19.21-19.20; N2:19.00-clouds; N3:18.84-19.14 Temperature (begin - end): N1:76.8ºF-68.5ºF; N2:78.8ºF-73.8Fº; N3:78.3ºF-71.6Fº Location: Hendersonville, TN, USa

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