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Cygnus Loop (Veil Nebula) image

Cygnus Loop (Veil Nebula)

Contains: Deep sky object
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Description

This is a widefield image of the entire Veil Nebula (the Cygnus Loop) including: The Eastern Veil (NGC 6995) at left, The Southeastern Knot at lower left, Pickering's Triangle at top right, and the Western Veil (NGC 6960; Witch's Broom; Filamentary Nebula) at middle right. There are numerous other structures present as well. AT60ED w/ 0.8x reducer/flattener (288mm fL) ASI2600MC Pro (OSC camera) -- 2x2 binning SkyGuider Pro with guiding via ASIAir Plus using an ASI120mm mini and a 30mm F4 guide scope Antlia ALP-T Ha/OIII dual narrowband filter 180s x 79 [Total Exposure 3:57]; with dark, flat, and dark-flat frames Pre-processed in PixInsight and post-processed in Photoshop