The nebula imaged above is NGC6992/5, the eastern and brighter part of the Veil nebula, a supernova remnant in Cygnus. The Veil is a loop extended for 3°. Visually it's a nice object, and became wonderful with the help of an OIII filter. It is named also as the Network Nebula, and measure 60'x 8'. The picture is a mosaic of two images.

Camera : Starlight Xpress SXV-H9 with Astronomik 13nm Ha filter


Telescope : Takahashi FS-102 at F/6 with focal reducer on a GM2000-FS2


Guiding : ST4 on a Vixen 80/910mm.


Exposure : Mosaic of two images - 6x600sec. each unbinned


Processing : MaxIm (align, combine, stretching) - Photoshop (final enhancing)


Location : Piano di Nivolet (Val d'Aosta) - 2600mt height


Date : August 22, 2003

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