December 2011
Western Veil Nebula
This image of the Veil Nebula includes the western arc NGC 6960 'the witch's broom' and the central area featuring Pickering's triangle. It was taken on July 29, 2011 with a 4" Borg Astrograph. A total of ten 7.5 minute subs at ISO 1600 were taken with a modified Canon XSi DSLR using an IDAS light pollution filter.