Veil Cirrus Nebula

The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop (radio source W78, or Sharpless 103), a large but relatively faint supernova remnant. The source supernova exploded circa 3,000 BC to 6,000 BC, and the remnants have since expanded to cover an area roughly 3 degrees in diameter (about 6 times the diameter, or 36 times the area, of the full moon). The distance to the nebula is about 1,470 light-years.
Raw images:
Ha: 3 x 10min (Tot: 30 min) Bin:1x1
SII: 2 x 10min (Tot: 20 min) Bin:2x2
OIII: 3 x 10min (Tot: 30 min) Bin:2x2
Seeing: 2-3"
Equipment used:
ASA N12 Astrograph F/3.6
3" Wynne Corrector 0.95x
Moravian G3-16200 camera @-25C
No guiding
Filter:
Astrodon Ha 5nm, SII 5nm and OIII 3nm
Location/Date:
Valla Observatory (FROSON, Sweden)
Oct 7, 2016
Image processing:
Images calibrated and processed in AstroPix
Calibration by applying Dark Frame+Flat-Field
Color image with the AstroPix using custom palette.
Image palette:
Red: OIII, Orange: SII and Ha: Blue
Image information:
Scale: 1.14 arcsec/pix B1
FOW: 86x70 arcmin
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