Western Veil Nebula

[JimFox]

I intended to capture this or crop this tighter to focus on the Western Veil nebula, but when I saw it with the middle nebulosity area that sits between the Western and Eastern Veils, I decided not to crop this, well not to crop it yet anyway. Right now I am enjoying the whole of what was captured in my camera.

21 - Lights at 180 secs with the Optolong L-Enhance Filter
30 - Flats
30 - Dark/Flats
10 - Darks

iOptron Gem28
ZWO ASI2600mc Pro
ZWO 120mm Mini - Guide Camera
Askar Fra500
Stacked in Pixinsight
Processed in Pixinsight
BlurXterminator
NoiseXterminator
StarXterminator
Final Touches in Photoshop

All comments are welcome,

Jim

PS. This is my new, best DSO!

 

[AlanLichty]

The colors make me feel like I should be putting on some of those old 3D glasses Looks nice.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Amazing shape and texture and color.

 

[JimFox]

The colors make me feel like I should be putting on some of those old 3D glasses Looks nice.

Ha ha, it does with that red/blue intertwined. The good old 3D books!

 

[JimFox]

Amazing shape and texture and color.

Thanks Ben! I had captured this a couple of years ago, and I was pretty disappointed with what I got. So this one is like a 1000% improvement over that one, I am really happy with it.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Very nice Jim (and Alan, I LOVE your reference to old style 3D glasses! ). This has excellent detail and spot on colors. It is a target rich area of the sky, and one of my very first narrowband images that likely could use a lot more integration and a refresh. Your results here are something to shoot for. Well done!

ML

 

[JimFox]

Very nice Jim (and Alan, I LOVE your reference to old style 3D glasses! ). This has excellent detail and spot on colors. It is a target rich area of the sky, and one of my very first narrowband images that likely could use a lot more integration and a refresh. Your results here are something to shoot for. Well done!

ML

Thanks so much Mike! I am really happy with it too, so I do appreciate your more experienced eye on this.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Beautiful, Jim.

 

[Comet Hunter]

nicely done.

 

[Les]

looking really Nice Jim

 

[Jameel Hyder]

My first reaction was similar to Alan’s. Curious about the name of this part of the sky. Very well done.

 

[JimFox]

Beautiful, Jim.

Thank you very much Doug!

 

[JimFox]

nicely done.

I really appreciate that Ed!

 

[JimFox]

looking really Nice Jim

Thanks Les, I am really happy with how well it turned out.

 

[JimFox]

My first reaction was similar to Alan’s. Curious about the name of this part of the sky. Very well done.

Thanks Jameel.

There is the Veil Nebula, which is comprised of the Western Veil (this one) and the Easter Veil and and area of random intertwined nebulosity in between them, in which part of that is at the bottom. If you were to look at the whole Veil Nebula it kind of takes on the shape of a ball to me.