NGC6960 - The Witch's Broom
- part of The Veil SNR
The Witch's Broom Nebula in Cygnus - NGC6960 - part of The Veil Super
Nova Remnant (SNR)
ST-10XME and CFW8a, Astrodon 6nm
H-Alpha
filter
Takahashi FSQ F/5 Fluorite Refractor w Robofocus
18 x 10 min self-guided on an AP900QMD mount
Acquired, Flats and Darks subtracted in
CCDSoft5
Alignment, bloom removal and Sigma Reject combine in Maxim
Levels and curves
in PS CS2
Noise Reduction via Reduce Noise in PS CS2 (Strength 10; Preserve
Details 35%; Sharpen Details 50%)
Click on the image to see it at 2x this size.
Click here: http://www.astrofoto.ca/stuartheggie/ccd_photos/Veil_Witch%27sBroom_CCD.html
to see a version taken with my ST7E and Nikkor 180mm ED lens stopped
down to F4.
Flesherton, Ontario
July 13 2006
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