Veil Nebula



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Date: 2 July 2011
Location: High Halden, Kent
Exposure: 4 pieces: each piece 5 x 5 min at ISO 800
Telescope: Takahashi Epsilon 180ED on Skywatcher EQ6 mount.
Camera: H-alpha modified Canon EOS 350D
Guiding: Nikkor 300mm lens with QHY5 camera.
Filters: IR/UV + CLS filters
Processing: Stacked in IRIS and asinh range compression applied. 2x2 binned and cropped
Comments: There are some remaining background gradients that need to be removed