NGC 6960 - The Veil Nebula

"Ten thousand years ago, before the dawn of recorded human history, a new light must suddenly have appeared in the night sky and faded after a few weeks. Today we know this light was an exploding star and record the colorful expanding cloud as the Veil Nebula. Pictured below is the west end of the Veil Nebula known technically as NGC 6960 but less formally as the Witch’s Broom Nebula. The rampaging gas gains its colors by impacting and exciting existing nearby gas. The supernova remnant lies about 1400 light-years away towards the constellation of Cygnus. This Witch’s Broom actually spans over three times the angular size of the full Moon. The bright star 52 Cygnus is visible with the unaided eye from a dark location but unrelated to the ancient supernova."[*]

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		My first try at NGC 6960 Taken on August 22, 2008 Orion ED80 Hap Griffin Modified Canon Rebel XT350D SkyGlow filter utilized to reduce amount of light pollution 60 1-minute exposures ISO 800 Stacked with DeepSkyStacker Processed with PhotoShop CS Because of exposure time limitation due to light pollution, many more frames are needed to get more signal. All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2008 – Antonio Pascarella
		Taken between 9/1/2007 and 10/7/2008 Re-Processed on 3/31/2012 Orion ED80 Hap Griffin Modified Canon Rebel XT350D No Filters used 82 90-second exposures ISO 800 Stacked with DeepSkyStacker Processed with PhotoShop CS
		Taken between 10/7/2008 and 8/17/2012 Re-Processed on 8/18/2012 Orion ED80 Hap Griffin Modified Canon Rebel XT350D No Filters used 82 90-second exposures at ISO800 49 60-second exposures at ISO 1600 68 120-second exposures at ISO 800 Stacked with DeepSkyStacker Processed with PhotoShop CS