Veil Nebula - whole area

[ShineOn]

The Veil Nebula in Cygnus is one of the best known supernova remnants in the sky, the star that caused it exploding around 7000 years ago. It’s a huge object (about 6 full Moon widths) and although I’ve imaged separate parts of it before, I haven’t had the gear to capture it all in a single frame. But this is possible now with the 250mm focal length Redcat and the full frame Sony.

Imaged over 2 nights:

142 x 120s at ISO 1600 unguided
34 x 240s at ISO 1600 guided with ASI 224MC / phd2
Total image time – 7 hours
Modified Sony A7s
William Optics RedCat 51
STC Duo narrowband clip in filter
iOptron Sky Guider Pro

Stacked in Sequator,
Processed in PS CS5

[MarkAR]

Lovely image, well done.

I'm staring at it and all I can see are two cats face to face ! Am I going daft !!!