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Eastern Veil Nebula
NGC6996
Object
Type Nebula
Constellation Cygnus
Distance 2,600 ly
More Info
Image
Date 20 Aug 2017 (Summer)
Place Palomar Mountain, CA
Exposure Data Ha:OIII:OIII 360:210:210 mins @ -25C
Ha 24x15, OIII 14x15 (bin 1x1) as RGB
Notes Ha was also used as Lum
Equipment
Optics DSI RC10C Corrected RC Astrograph
Focal Length 1867mm @f/7.3
Mount Astro-Physics 900GTO
Camera FLI ML-6303E
Focuser Built-in Secondary Focuser
Filters FLI CFW2-7, Astrodon 3nm Ha, OIII
Software MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop