AP#90 : NGC 6960
Name:The "Witch's Broom"/"Western Veil" nebula
Constellation:Cygnus
Instrument:8-inch F5 reflector with Sky Watcher coma corrector and a modified Nikon D3300.
Exposure time: A stack of 16 five-minute exposures at ISO 800.
Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html
Magnitude: 7.0
Apparent size: 1.2 degrees X 6'
This object is part of the Veil Nebula complex centered around the star 52 Cygni. The entire veil nebula, which encompasses an area of 3 degrees, are the remnants of a supernova that happened 10,000-20,000 years ago. This section has the shape of a Witch's broom. It is also called the "Lacework" or "Filamentary" nebula.
