First glimpse of Veil nebula

[Stu]

Great sketch Nick,

Out of interest what scope did you use to come up with the sketch as the field seems to span the full object .... I appreciete that you may have swept the area with a scope but I was hoping Binoculars may be able to get the full veil in one go. I have some 20x80 which nicely frame orions sword so I was wondering if the same would be true for the veil .... or is 80mm just too small an aperture ?

Cheers

80mm binos should be pretty good I reckon. I can get it from a dark site with 15x50's, although fitting filters does really help.

[miguel87]

Thanks for the tips. Will see how I get on next quality clear night.

[astronymonkey]

Hi All,

Ive just found this great link to a finder chart of the different elements in the full nebula, very similar to Nick's sketch

 

^{http://www.astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/Veil.big.jpg}

Theres also a discussion about each element here: http://www.astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/Dissecting%20the%20Veil%20Nebula.html

Cheers

[jetstream]

Hi All,

Ive just found this great link to a finder chart of the different elements in the full nebula, very similar to Nick's sketch

 

^{http://www.astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/Veil.big.jpg}

Theres also a discussion about each element here: http://www.astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/Dissecting%20the%20Veil%20Nebula.html

Cheers

Excellent links,the image identifies a couple of patches I've seen in the 10"-"D" & "E".This map will help pinpoint others as well.