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Names NGC 6974, Veil Nebula
Right Ascension (2000.0) 20:48:29.1
Declination +31:39:12
Constellation Cygnus
Redshift (z) ...
Heliocentric Radial Velocity ...
Distance (esteem) 1470 light years
Date (DD/MM/YYYY) 21/08/2020-22/08/2020
Exposure time 15,000 seconds (10 x 1500 exposures) with binning mode 1 x 1 and AO-7
CCD Camera SBIG ST-8XE
Telescope Meade Instruments Schmidt-Cassegrain 14" LX200 OTA on 10 Micron GM2000 HPS Mount
Focal length 3556 mm
Diameter 355.6 mm
Focal ratio 10
Field of View 13.3 x 8.9 arcminute
Original scale 0.522 arcsecond / pixel

Palomar Observatory Sky Survey images
POSS

North-western part of the Veil Nebula Supernova remnant.
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