NGC 6960, the Western Veil Nebula with a DSLR

[BrendanC]

Hi all,

Pleased that I managed to get enough data between the clouds and before astro darkness for this one!

• 4:22 hours of integration at ISO800 from 43x240s + 30x180s subs
• Bortle 4 sky, no Moon
• Calibration: 25 flats, 25 dark flats, 50 darks
• Hardware: Sky-Watcher 130PDS scope (F5), Sky-Watcher NEQ6 mount, Canon EOS1000D DSLR camera with IR filter removed, Sky-Watcher 0.9x coma corrector, Datyson T7C guide camera, Angel Eyes 50mm guide scope
• Software: polar alignment with SharpCap Pro, guiding with PHD2, capture with Astrophotography Tool (APT), stacking with Deep Sky Stacker (DSS), post-processing with StarTools, Photoshop CS2, Affinity Photo and Topaz Denoise AI

Edited May 17, 2021 by BrendanC

[Craney]

Great image.

You have brought out the 'wow' factor with 52Cyg in the middle there.

[BrendanC]

Thanks! One of the benefits of a Newt with those diffraction spikes.

[Kon]

Nice capture of the Veil and  how that rich star area is coming through.

[peter shah]

Great image and an early Veil....summer comes around fast

[mackiedlm]

Thats really nice. You have done a nice job with the stars - this field is easily overwhelmed by them. Well done.

[callisto]

That's a cracking image...Love it 👍

 

Mark