NGC 6960 (Sh2-109, aka the "Veil") (Supernova Remnant) Bright Nebula in Cygnus
Center of field at approximately: RA 20 hours 45 minutes 55 seconds, Dec +30 degrees 53 minutes 01 seconds
Size: 60' x 9.0'; Magnitude: --; Class: (Sharpless) 2 3 2
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -15c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Red filter, 840 minutes (84 x 10 minute subs), 07/18/20/21/22/24/2009; seeing 2.1-3.8 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.6.0.4, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
Little disappointed on how this one came out for 14 hours of exposure ... I guess narrowband filtration is required to really show the filamentary structure. It may be that conditions lately were not the best. It has been mostly 'clear' here (occasional high and/or mid level clouds), but more humid than normal. We have been on the western edge of a large high centered over the four corner area for the past week or ten days, effecting this image and the Dolidze 27 and LBN 35 image |