Nebula

Eastern Veil Nebula

NGC 6992

The eastern arc of the Cygnus Loop, a filigree of shock-excited oxygen and hydrogen filaments.

Captures

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Catalogue values from OpenNGC (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

From 51.5°N: best August to September, peaking at 69° at 22:00.

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Altitude at 22:00 local time on the 15th of each month. Twilight, moon and weather are your problem.