NGC6960, the Western Veil Nebula in Cygnus "The Witch's Broom"
NGC6960, the extreme Western portion of the Veil Nebula in Cygnus, is also called "The Witch's Broom". This image was captured July 16-17 at Pulpit Rock. AT-111EDT @ f7, SBIG STF-8300C CCD camera, iOptron iEQ45 mount guided by PHD Guiding through an Orion Awesome Autoguider setup. PHD Link connected, small dithering. Image parameters: 15 X 10-minute OSC frames, 2.5 hours total exposure, Nebulosity 3.1 pre-process, Photoshop CS3 post-process. FOV = 79.4 X 59.7 arcmin.