Veil Nebula (both halves), with 77m Borg apo refractor at f/4, and Canon 20Da camera at ISO400, for stack of 3 x 14 minute exposures. Taken on a superb night, Sept. 11, 2007. Obscured area to the right is interstellar dust darkening the field and obscuring stars, not a defect. Guided with Meade DSI thru 66mm guidescope and PHD Guide software on Mac. Each frame precisely in register.
The Veil Nebula, both east and west halves, plus central portion. Taken from home October 7, 2013, using the TMB 92mm apo refractor and Borg 0.85x flattener/reducer for f/4.8 and Canon 5D MkII (filter-modified) at ISO 800 for stack of 5 x 15 minute exposures.
The Veil Nebula in Cygnus, a supernova remnant. Includes NGC 6960 (at right), NGC 6992-5 (at left) and the central NGC 6974 and NGC 6979 components. This is a stack of 5 x 15 minute exposures with the Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 with the Lunt 80mm f/7 doublet apo refractor and Borg 0.85x field flattener/reducer. Taken as part of testing.