I’m thinking ahead about the deep-sky object that I will concentrate on for the short summer nights.  I am really impressed with the image of the Veil nebula on Davide de Martin’s Skyfactory site where he has processed this superb image using Palomar POSS II data.

I think I’d really like to give this one a good try, however that field of view (FOV) of 4.2 x 4.4 degrees would mean a 2-frame mosaic with the Sky 90/M25C combination, and I’m not too happy about spending that much time on just one object, especially with short evenings.

However, Steve Cannistra has also imaged the Veil region with a set up that has a very similar field of view to mine and although it doesn’t get the whole of the region in the frame, it still makes a very impressive image.

Taking all things into account, I will try to get a very deep single-frame image of the veil region using the one-shot camera and the usual Hutech IDAS light pollution filter. 

I know from the previous work I carried out on the Witch’s Broom region of the veil with the Sky 90/SXV-H9C combination that the one-shot is fine for this purpose. 

The only thing that I don’t know is how good (or not) the one-shot will be at picking up the faint stuff between the Eastern and Western veil regions.  I guess the only way to find out will be to image the thing this summer

I’m going to be posting more about the Veil Nebula project and you can follow my progress in the Veil Nebula Category or by clicking on the links below [which also happen to be from the Veil Nebula category]:

• The Veil nebula - reloaded, March 20th, 2008
• The Veil nebula in Cygnus - a supernova remnant, March 18th, 2008
• The whole of the Veil nebula in Cygnus, March 17th, 2008
• The Veil Nebula in Cygnus Imaging Project: Almost, but not quite..., September 8th, 2007
• The Veil Nebula in Cygnus Imaging Project: 90% Complete, August 31st, 2007
• Summer 2007 Imaging Project: The Veil Nebula in Cygnus, January 11th, 2007

The diagram from Cartes du Ciel will give you an indication of where the Veil Nebula is in the night sky:

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