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Object Type: Supernova Remnant
Constellation: Cygnus
Magnitude:
Size: 3.5^o x 2.3^o

The Veil Nebula represents the remnant of a supernova that occurred about 15,000 years ago. It is located at a distance of approximately 2,500 light-years. The brighter portion on the left (east) is NGC 6992/5, and the portion on the right is NGC 6960, next to the fourth-magnitude star 52 Cygni. The portion at top center is known as Pickering's Triangular Wisp. Visually, the Veil is greatly enhanced by an O-III filter, and is a spectacular sight in a large-aperture telescope.

Equipment: Vixen 102-ED/TS Optics field flattener/Astrodon LRGB filters/STL-11000M/Paramount ME
F-ratio: f/6.5
Exposures: LRGB: L 10 x 6 minutes: R 10 x 6 minutes: G 10 x 6 minutes; B 10 x 6 minutes; RGB binned 2x2
Date: July 17, 2010
Location: Landers, California, USA
Technical Notes: Individual exposures were dithered using CCDAutoPilot2 and then sigma combined. The RGB image was created in Registar 1.0. Reduce Noise and Gaussian Blur were applied to the RGB image. Russell Croman's GradientXTerminator plug-in for Photoshop was used to remove mild gradients.