Western Veil Nebula or (NGC6960 or C34 Catalogue) is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. This is part of the constellation is sometime referred to as the Witches Broom Nebula.
What you see in the image above is visible portions of the Cygnus loop which is a large but relatively faint supernova remnant. The source supernova exploded some 5,000 to 8,000 years ago, and the remnants have since expanded to cover an area 36 times the area of the full moon.
The analysis of the emissions from the nebula indicate the presence of oxygen, sulfur, and hydrogen. This is also one of the largest, brightest features in the x-ray sky. The distance to the nebula is not precisely known, but Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) data supports a distance of about 1,470 light-years. The bright star in the centre of the broom is the naked eye star 52 Cygni in Cygnus.
As a future project, I would like to image the entire super nova in a mosaic, but my camera needs to be modified by taking out the lens in the camera which cuts the non visible parts of the light spectrum.
Previous attempt some years ago using my Cannon on a 80ED lens.
