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The Witch's Broom NGC 6960
This supernova remnant is located approximately 1400 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. Cataloged as NGC 6960 and also known as the Witch’s Broom or Western Veil Nebula.
The Witch’s Broom is an ionised cloud of heated gas and dust. Beautiful layers of filaments of hot glowing hydrogen (red) and doubly ionised oxygen (blue/green) gas can be seen almost edge-on in this object. The nebula extends for about 35 light years from one end to the other.
This supernova remnant formed when a massive star exploded approximately 9,000 years ago.
A supernova remnant is the remains of a star that died in a supernova explosion. The star in question in the Veil Nebula complex was 20 times the mass of the Sun.
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- Starfield Optics 8″ Astrograph (native F4) http://bit.ly/3WOrKsf
- Starizona NEXUS .75 reducer/coma corrector for F3 https://bit.ly/3MCijaB
- QHY268M CMOS Camera (https://bit.ly/3Aj23FE), 26mp, 3.76um @ -10C
- QHY CFW3-L 7 position https://bit.ly/3IiYoxY
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- Skywatcher EQ6 mount https://bit.ly/3jEonpC / Skyshed Pier (Skyshedpod.com)
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- NINA 2.0 for acquisition
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- Total integration time: 19 hours 30min (1min subs at high gain)
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My story began more than 40 years ago looking up at the Moon with a small collapsible telescope my Father had. Encouraged by my parents, who bought me my very own telescope, a 4.5″ reflector, I began to explore the night sky from my family home backyard. Today I do astrophotography from my home in Kitchener, Ontario and also with remote telescopes located in New Mexico and Australia. Some of my images have won awards and have been featured online and in magazines.
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