About Image:

The Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC 6992/6995) is a mesmerizing, glowing filament of heated gas located about 2,100 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. It forms the eastern arc of the Cygnus Loop—the shredded, expanding debris from a massive star that exploded as a supernova 5,000 to 10,000 years ago.The visual beauty of the Eastern Veil lies in its intricate, lacy web of interwoven, glowing gas filaments. The structure is powered by the fast-moving debris of the exploded star plowing into the interstellar medium at speeds of roughly 600,000 km/h. These powerful shockwaves heat the gas to millions of degrees, and as the material cools, it emits brilliant colors

Equipment & Details:

Optics: Orion 8” inch 3.9f Newtonian astrograph with 2" MPCC Mark III coma corrector

Camera: Canon 60D DSLR unmoddified

Mount: Celestron AVX

Guiding: Orion starshoot autoguider 60mm guide scope

Date: September 2024

Location: Clarksdale Missouri

Exposures: Lights-179, ISO-1250 with 4-minutes subs, total 11 hours 56 minutes

Processing: Pixlnsight, Photoshop CS5