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NGC 6992 - Eastern Veil Nebula
Along with NGC 6960 and other objects, the Eastern Veil is a component of the Veil Nebula in the constellation Cygnus.  It is a cloud of hot, ionized gas composed of oxygen, sulfur and hydrogen.

NGC 6992 - Eastern Veil Nebula

Along with NGC 6960 and other objects, the Eastern Veil is a component of the Veil Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. It is a cloud of hot, ionized gas composed of oxygen, sulfur and hydrogen.




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Filename:NGC6992-20160806.jpg
Album name:27telp / Nebulae
Location and Date:OCA site near Anza, California, 8/6/2016
Equipment:William Optics FLT-132 scope, QSI 583wsg CCD camera, Astro-Physics 1200 GTO mount, Borg Mini-50 Guidescope, Starlight Xpress Lodestar guide camera
Settings:12 10-minute exposures in Luminance, bin1x1; 12 5-minute exposures in Red, Green and Blue, bin2x2
Notes:Software: Image capture - Maxim DL5; calibration and stacking - CCDStack2; final processing with Adobe Photoshop
Filesize:7093 KiB
Date added:Aug 04, 2022
Dimensions:3326 x 2504 pixels
Displayed:225 times
Color Space:Uncalibrated
EXIF Offset:430
EXIF Version:version 2.31
Image Description:Along with NGC 6960 and other objects, the Eastern Veil is a component of the Veil Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. It is a cloud of hot, ionized gas composed of oxygen, sulfur and hydrogen.
Resolution Unit:Inch
Software:Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 8.3.1 (Windows)
X Resolution:240 dots per ResolutionUnit
Y Resolution:240 dots per ResolutionUnit
IPTC Title:NGC 6992 - Eastern Veil Nebula
IPTC Copyright:J. L. Floyd
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