Thin wispy tendrils of ionized gas and dust, floating through space like a lace veil caught in the wind. The data for this image was captured using an AT8RC telescope and QSI683WSG camera on an Atlas EQ-G mount helped along by a Lodestar X2 guide camera. Sequenced using Sequence Generator Pro, guided by OpenPHD2 and processed in PixInsight. The incredible contrast in this image was afforded by the use of Astrodon 3nm narrow-band filters. The data for this image comprised:
There’s more info about this image on its Astrobin page, and you can read more about the Veil Nebula on wikipedia.
