The Eastern Veil Nebula - NGC 6992

RA Center: 20h56m19s.16

DEC Center: +31°27′05″.3

Date: Juni 21., 22., 23. & 24. 2022

Location: Braunschweig / Germany (52°14’40.2“N - 10°30’20.8“E)

Telescope: Omegon Pro APO AP 104/650 ED Triplet

  • Aperture: 104 mm
  • Focal length: 650 mm

Recording camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro

Exposure time: 7h 40´

Frames: 46 x 600″ (Optolong L-eXtreme 2")

Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Skylum Luminar AI


Also known as Caldwell 33. Located about 1470 lightyears from Earth, the Eastern Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated gas and dust in the constellation of Cygnus. It is part of the Cygnus Loop, a faint supernova remnant that exploded about 7000 years ago.