#nebula

Deep Sky Astrophotography on a Dob? You bet! Sort of. On rare occasions I have seen a 10 inch Newtonian or a C14 on a permanently installed EQ Mount. But by their nature Dob's operate exclusively on an alt-az axis, so very long exposures are not possible without star trails and other problems...

The Western Veil or "Witch's Broom" Nebula (aka NGC 6960) is a supernova remnant about 1400 light-years away. This debris cloud was blasted out from the cataclysmic explosion of a dying star (supernova) over 10,000 years ago. The interstellar shock wave plows through space sweeping up and...