June 2022
Imaging: TS80 apo, ZWO ASI533 (gain 100, 0C), L-EnhanceSubs: 119x180s (6h), darks, flats, and darkflats
Software: NINA, Phd2, PixInsight, StarNet2
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This is the eastern part of the Veil Nebula, a supernova remnant. From Wikipedia, the source supernova was 20 times more massive than our sun and exploded between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. The overall Veil is quite large, spanning about 6 times the diameter of our moon. This is just the eastern part of it and it usually takes a mosaic of four or more images to get the whole nebula.I captured the shots for this image over several nights in June. I had done the western veil last year and that was one of my better images so I wanted to capture this part of it. The amount of stars in the line of sight of this nebula is incredible, so much so that it is difficult to see the nebula. This image used a technique that effectively dims most of the stars to let the nebula shine through. You can see what it looks like otherwise here
