Site and content copyright Robert Allevo 2002-2008
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NGC 6992 |
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VEIL NEBULA
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Technical Details |
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| Optics | Takahashi Sky90 f/4.5 |
| Mount | Losmandy Titan |
| Camera | SBIG ST-10XME, CFW8a |
| Filters | SBIG LRGB. |
| Date | Oct. 5, 2004 |
| Exposure | RRGB = 40:40:40:60 minutes - 10 minute integrations |
| Processing | MaximDL, Photoshop CS |
| Guiding | Self guided |
| Binning | R RGB - 2x2 |
| Location | My back yard observatory in East Hartland, Ct. |
| Notes | NGC 6992 is known to lie some 1,400 light-years away toward the constellation Cygnus. It is a portion of a supernova remnant. |