DESCRIPTION: The eastern veil nebula is part of a larger supernova remnent which includes several other tagets in this region which in called the Cygus Loop (such as the western nebula). The star that exploded was appox. 20 more massive then our sun and it exploded 10 to 20 thousand years ago. This region is been expanding over time and currently takes up 3 degrees of sky, or about 6 times the diameter of the full moon. This object is approx 2400 light years away.
LOCATION: Woodstock, Illinios
DATE: 08/03/2024 12:44AM
SCOPE: William Optics 5.2" FLT132 f/7
CAMERA: SBIG SFT-8300M CCD
EXPOSURE: 36x300sR, 36x300sG, 36x300sB, 9 hour total exposure.NOTES: This is a faily easy target in the summer/fail as it's high in the sky most of the night. I'll be imaging this again in narrow band soon.