The
Veil Nebula - Enhanced
RGB and Narrowband - 4 Frame Mosaic

Here is the pure RGB that was over-laid on the NB image:

And here is just the h-alpha channel for those who pine for the days of Tech Pan ;-)

From SEDS.ORG:
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The diffuse nebula NGC 6960
marks the western half of a faint
nebula, which is sometimes called Wreath,
sometimes Loop
or Network.
Best known under the name Veil
Nebula.
More than 50,000 years ago a supernova exploded south
of epsilon Cyg,
close to the southern border of Cygnus.
Nowadays the afterglowing gas forms this large nebula which shows a
circular shape. The eastern and brighter part of this nebula got its
own NGC number: NGC 6992.
It is a challenge for binoculars. You
need best conditions to observe it. Using a wide-angle telescope at low
power will show NGC 6992.Despite
its overall brightness of
about mag 5, this object is only visible to the naked eye under
exceptionally good viewing conditions, because its light is distributed
over the object's large size.
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Technical Details:
Scope: AP155EDF w 4" Field Flattener and Focus Boss II motorized focuser
Camera: Moravian G4 (16803) w full set of Gen II Astrodon filters
Mount: Paramount MX guided w Borg 60mm achromat and SBIG ST402ME riding
piggyback
50x20min H-Alpha
51x20min OIII
53x20min SII
32x10min each of Red, Green and Blue
Total exposure time: 51 hours 20 min Narrowband, 16 hours RGB = 67 hours
Lucknow, Ontario, Canada
July / August 2020
Images acqired w CCD-Commander and TheSkyX
Image reduction and mosaic assembly in PixInsight
Additional tweaks in Photoshop CC 2020
Help from the following sources:
Bob Franke (colour balance of the NB image: http://bf-astro.com/hubblep.htm
Steve Allan (using Gradient Merge Mosaic in PixInsight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2r3ZYqCaP8)
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