NGC 6960 - The Veil Nebula

"Ten thousand years ago, before the dawn of recorded human history, a new light must suddenly have appeared in the night sky and faded after a few weeks. Today we know this light was an exploding star and record the colorful expanding cloud as the Veil Nebula. Pictured below is the west end of the Veil Nebula known technically as NGC 6960 but less formally as the Witch’s Broom Nebula. The rampaging gas gains its colors by impacting and exciting existing nearby gas. The supernova remnant lies about 1400 light-years away towards the constellation of Cygnus. This Witch’s Broom actually spans over three times the angular size of the full Moon. The bright star 52 Cygnus is visible with the unaided eye from a dark location but unrelated to the ancient supernova."[*]

		My first try at NGC 6960 Taken on August 22, 2008 Orion ED80 Hap Griffin Modified Canon Rebel XT350D SkyGlow filter utilized to reduce amount of light pollution 60 1-minute exposures ISO 800 Stacked with DeepSkyStacker Processed with PhotoShop CS Because of exposure time limitation due to light pollution, many more frames are needed to get more signal.  More images to come!!! All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2008 – Antonio Pascarella