First try at the Witch's Broom

[Sterrenland]

Despite the breezy conditions I couldn't resist the clear sky last night so thought I'd try NGC6960 for the first time. It was also the first time using a UHC filter I acquired a few months ago.

As always when you manage to capture something for the first time, I was quite thrilled to have something to show at the end of it. This was about 70mins of data (70s lights). I think the filter definitely has potential. And what a beautiful thing this nebula is.

** I'm not sure why the stars are not particularly round. Having introduced a flattener/reducer a few months ago I'm not convinced that this isn't the reason for the oblong stars as I seem to remember them rounder before. Could it be back-spacing or some kind of flex in the imaging train? **