Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC 6992/5)

[mariosi]

Eastern Veil Nebula. NGC 6992/5

 

Right ascension:       20h 45m 38.8s

Declination :               +30° 42' 30"

Apparent mag:          7.0

Constellation:            Cygnus 

Designations:  NGC 6960, 6992, 6995, 6974, 6979, IC 1340, Cygnus Loop, Cirrus Nebula, Filamentary Nebula, Witch's broom(NGC 6960),Caldwell 33/34.

 

The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionised gas and dust in constellation Cygnus. 

The source supernova exploded circa 3,000 BC to 6,000 BC,and the remnants have since expanded to cover an area roughly 3 degrees in diameter. 

The nebula was discovered on 1784 September 5 by William Herscel ( Wikipedia ).

 

Scope : Dob 250mm S/W   F.L.1200/f4.7

Eyepiece : T/S 2"  plossl 30mm   F.O.V.70°

Filter of type : OIII 

Location : Mammari 

 

Kind Regards 

Marios 

 

 

 

[ronl]

A beautiful sketch Marios,  fine detail as usual, thank you for sharing.

Clear Sky's 

[laudropb]

Lovely sketches Marios.

[happy-kat]

Very delicate sketch, lovely

[Richard Hather]

Beautiful sketch Marios, great detail as always and great background information on the object good job ?

Richard

[todd8137]

Great work and hard to spot asmwell 

pat

[jabeoo1]

Well done !  Not the easiest of targets in many ways. 

[N3ptune]

That's truly beautiful (has well has your Wild Duck cluster)

 

[alan potts]

Very nicely done, you really have talent and you get an eyepiece feel into your sketching, not easy I am sure.