NGC 6960
Western Veil in Cygnus

10.1” f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC with 0.5 focal reducer
Exposure = 19 sec, White point = 255-201, Live Stacked frames = 30-40 (70 total), Gain = 13.5 of 250

The Western Veil, a spectacular large supernova remnant located a little over 3 degrees south of Aljanah (Epsilon Cygni). Only a portion of the nebula fits into the degree-wide field of view. The bright star in the image is 52 Cygni. The Veil is expanding westward (to the right) and according to Burnham’s is sweeping up material which is the reason there appears to be more stars to the left than to the right of it; darker areas right of the nebula can be seen, suggesting there is obscuring material there. The Veil is 2400 light years away and has a total radius of 65 light years.

North at 12 o’clock, East at 9 o’clock