The Ancient Supernova Remnant in Cygnus
Index Catalogue: NGC 6960, NGC 6974, NGC 6992, and NGC 6995
Constellation: Cygnus


This picture is a bit fuzzier than previous monochrome pictures, but way better than previous attempts using the same optics. This time I tried a dual-band filter, because not only the deep-red light emitted from hydrogen contributes to the overall appearnce, but also the blueish-green light from ionized oxygen and the other (H-β) hydrogen line.

This means that the focusing compromise between the red and the green wavelengths does not allow to achieve a shapness comparable to the pure H-α pictures.
If you'd like to see all the filaments of the nebula in it's full extent, try the inverted image!


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