The Cygnus Loop
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The Cygnus Loop is a massive structure of supercharged gas expanding rapidly from the center of a supernova in the distant past. This image captures the Veil Nebula or Witch's broom end and used a narrowband filter to enhance the detail.
Image details
| Telescope: | Svbony sv503 70ED | |
| Length: | 336mm | |
| Aperture: | 70mm | |
| F-stop: | f/4.56 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2022-06-24 to 2022-06-24 | |
| Lights: | 90 | |
| Exposure: | 120 | |
| Total exposure: | 3 h | |
| Ra: | 20h 48m 29.3s | |
| Dec: | +30° 56' 5.793 | |
| Size: | 130.928 x 104.505 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 1.396 deg | |
| Scale: | 1.881 arcsec/pixel |
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