NGC 6960

The Western
Veil Nebula

Emission nebula in Cygnus in HaRGB
 
Other image sizes
1024 x 768
1420 x 1040

Details:

Optics Celestron 80ED @ f/7.5 , guided with an 8" LX200 Classic @ f/6.3
Mount LX200
Camera Starlight Xpress SXV-H9
Filter Astronomik RGBIIc filters and 13nm Ha filter
Exposure 13 hrs total : Ha - 300 min X 10 min,   R:108 min x 4, G:108 min x 4, B: 260 min.   All binned 1X1
Processing Acquired in AstroArt3, Sigma combined, DDP , final work in Photoshop7
Date 08.18.06 - 08.20.06
Location Elk Grove, CA
Notes Seeing and transparency average.  This is about the limit of objects I can image well, given my sky conditions.  I will look into narrowband false color imaging in the future for this type of target.