The Western Veil Nebula, NGC 6960 // Karl-Heinz Macek

The bright star is 52 Cygni which is in the foreground and unrelated to the nebula.

All Along The Western Veil

Western Veil Nebula l NASA APOD

2023 October 18

Dust and the Western Veil Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Jiang Wu

Explanation: It's so big it is easy to miss. The entire Veil Nebula spans six times the diameter of the full moon, but is so dim you need binoculars to see it. The nebula was created about 15,000 years ago when a star in the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus) exploded. The spectacular explosion would have appeared brighter than even Venus for a week - but there is no known record of it. Pictured is the western edge of the still-expanding gas cloud. Notable gas filaments include the Witch's Broom Nebula on the upper left near the bright foreground star 52 Cygni, and Fleming's Triangular Wisp (formerly known as Pickering's Triangle) running diagonally up the image middle. What is rarely imaged -- but seen in the featured long exposure across many color bands -- is the reflecting brown dust that runs vertically up the image left, dust likely created in the cool atmospheres of massive stars.

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Processing old data on a cloudy night. The Western Veil and a close up of the inside of the Heart Nebula.

NGC 6995: The Bat Nebula : Do you see the bat? It haunts this cosmic close-up of the eastern Veil Nebula. The Veil Nebula itself is a large supernova remnant, the expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star. While the Veil is roughly circular in shape and covers nearly 3 degrees on the sky toward the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus), NGC 6995, known informally as the Bat Nebula, spans only 1/2 degree, about the apparent size of the Moon. That translates to 12 light-years at the Veil's estimated distance, a reassuring 1,400 light-years from planet Earth. In the composite of image data recorded through narrow band filters, emission from hydrogen atoms in the remnant is shown in red with strong emission from oxygen atoms shown in hues of blue. Of course, in the western part of the Veil lies another seasonal apparition: the Witch's Broom Nebula. via NASA

NGC 6357,

Also referred to as the Lobster Nebula, resides near NGC 6334 in the Scorpius constellation. Within its expanse, numerous proto-stars are veiled by dense gas disks, while young stars are enveloped in expanding gases resembling “cocoons.”

Dubbed the War and Peace Nebula by scientists, its infrared imagery depicts a dove-like figure in the western region and a skull-like appearance in the east.

Despite a failed attempt to rename it the Madokami Nebula, NGC 6357 remains a captivating celestial wonder.

Dust and the Western Veil Nebula

The Western Veil Nebula is a supernova remnant consisting of oxygen, sulfur, and hydrogen gas. This area of Cygnus is densely populated with stars and includes regions of heated gas that make up the Cygnus Loop.

Western Veil Nebula - NGC 6960 Also known as the Witch's Broom, it's centered on the star 52 Cygni. This was part two of my bright moon test, this time getting just over 4.5 hours during a full moon. Because the moon was so bright, I had to cut my exposure time down from 600s to 300s. . 53 x 300s Gain 100, Offset 50 Bin 1x1 Cooling: 0 degrees Celsius Dark, flat, bias and dark flats used for calibration. Images captured in N.I.N.A., stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed in Photoshop Providence, RI - Bortle 8 . @meadeinstruments Series 6000 80mm Triplet APO @zwoasi ASI2600MC-PRO Antlia ALP-T 5nm Dual Narrowband filter Ho-Tech Field Flattener Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro ZWO 30mm f4 MiniScope (guide) ZWO asi120mm-mini (guide) . @provjournal . . . #astrophotography #astronomy #phototography #highpointscientific #OPTeam #myOPTgear #agenaastro #astromaniacmag #antliafilters #goldenfilter #zwoasi #zwoasi2600mcpro #westernveilnebula #veilnebula #ngc6960 #52cygni #space #nasa #nebula #Cygnus #nature #spaceimage #nightsky #igworldclub_astrophotography #ig_spaceimage #ig_astrophotography #astrobackyard #backyardastronomy #rhodeisland #earliestlight (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CihZNCVuZqG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

APOD October 18, 2023 Dust and the Western Veil Nebula It's so big it is easy to miss. The entire Veil Nebula spans six times the diameter of the full moon, but is so dim you need binoculars to see it. The nebula was created about 15,000 years ago when a star in the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus) exploded. The spectacular explosion would have appeared brighter than even Venus for a week - but there is no known record of it. Pictured is the western edge of the still-expanding gas cloud. Notable gas filaments include the Witch's Broom Nebula on the upper left near the bright foreground star 52 Cygni, and Fleming's Triangular Wisp (formerly known as Pickering's Triangle) running diagonally up the image middle. What is rarely imaged -- but seen in the featured long exposure across many color bands -- is the reflecting brown dust that runs vertically up the image left, dust likely created in the cool atmospheres of massive stars. © Jiang Wu

The Cygnus Loop, Sh2-103 // Jose Carballada

Dusty Western Veil

Messier in Crete

Messier catalogued most of the deep space objects we can still watch nowadays in dark night skies like in Crete. Pictures shot with D800, Skyguider Pro tracking system and William Optics  61/360  ZS61 II. Exposure times 150 seconds, ISO 3200. North America on the left and Pelican nebula (NGC 7000) on the right Lagoon nebula (M8) in Sagittarius Western Veil and Eastern veil of Cygnus (NGC…

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