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| Date: 05/10/2013 |
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Name: Veil Nebula - NGC 6992 - Distance 1,470 Light Years - In the Constellation Cygnus. . The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust
in the constellation Cygnus. It constitutes the visible portions
of the Cygnus Loop (radio source W78, or Sharpless 103), a large
but relatively faint supernova remnant. The source supernova exploded
some 5,000 to 8,000 years ago, and the remnants have since expanded to
cover an area roughly 3 degrees in diameter (about 6 times the diameter,
or 36 times the area, of the full moon). The distance to the nebula is
not precisely known, but Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE)
data supports a distance of about 1,470 light-years.
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| Location: Watson's Way | Stacking Mode: Mosaic | |
| Camera: Canon 40D - LP Filter Removed | Alignment Method: Automatic | |
| Optics: Sky Watcher ED80 | Stacking Mode: Mosaic | |
| Exposure: 800ASA @ 5 Minutes x 37 | RGB BKG Cal: Yes | |
| Total Exposure: 3hr 5min Total | Per Channel Cal: No | |
| Guiding: DSI on Mead LX200R. | Method: Median Kappa-Sigma K=2/I=5 | |
| Filter: | Darks: Yes | |
| Focus: Bahtinov Mask | Flat: No | |
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| RA (J2000): 20h 45m 38s | Levels, Colour Balance, Curves, Saturation Scaling, jpeg Conversion. | |
| DEC (J2000): +30d 42m 30s | ||
| Constellation: Cygnus | ||
| Distance: 1,470 Light Years |
