NGC 6960- The Witch's Broom Nebula

NGC 6960 - The Witch's Broom Nebula is the western portion of the the much larger Veil Nebula located in the constellation of Cygnus (The Swan) about 200 light-years from Earth. The Veil Nebula is the visible remnant of a supernova explosion of a star that was 20 times more massive than the Sun that exploded about 10,000 years ago. The shock waves from the explosion that is still expanded through space is ionizing the atoms in the interstallar material which is what causes the material to glow in different wavelengths of visible light. The bight star just above the nebula is 52 cygni and has a radius that is over twelve times larger than the Sun.

Image acquisition and processing information:

Image acquisition and processing information of RGB Images:
Date: September 11th and 12th, 2023
Telescope: Celestron Edge HD 14" telescope using a Hyperstar v4 lens
Mount: Astro-Physics AP-1200 GTO CP3
Camera: ZWO ASI-2400 MC Pro one-shot-color camera
Guiding: Telescope: AstroTech AT72ED, Camera: ASI-120 MM
Exposures: 83 two-minute exposures using a IR/UV cut filter (zero gain)
Image acquisition and guiding: ASIAIR Plus

Image acquisition and processing information of Narrow Band Images:
Date: June 20th, 2020
Telescope: Celestron Edge HD 14" telescope using a Hyperstar v3 lens
Mount: Celestron CGE Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI-183 MM Pro monochrome camera equipped with a Baader UFC 2" Filter Slider
Image acquisition software: Sequence Generator Pro v. 3.0.3.169

Exposures (for Narrowband SHO photo): 27 30-second exposures binned 2x2 using a Baader high speed narrow-band Ha filter, 24 30-second exposures binned 2x2 using a Baader high speed narrow-band OIII filter and 23 30-second exposures binned 2x2 using a Baader high speed narrow-band SII filter.

Exposures (for Narrowband Ha photo): 27 30-second exposures binned 2x2 using a Baader high speed narrow-band Ha filter.

Guiding: Telescope: AstroTech AT72ED, Camera: Starlight Xpress Trius Pro 814 CCD, Software: PhD2
Image processing Software: PixInsight v. 1.8.5