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Hope everybody had a great day with JWST first images! I sure did. It inspired me to rise from the couch and process what data I had from the previous imaging nights 😂 Do you see the bat? It haunts this cosmic close-up of the eastern Veil Nebula. The Veil Nebula itself is a large supernova remnant, the expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star. While the Veil is roughly circular in shape and covers nearly 3 degrees on the sky toward the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus), the Bat Nebula, NGC 6995, spans only 1/2 degree, about the apparent size of the Moon. That translates to 12 light-years at the Veil's estimated distance, a reassuring 1,400 light-years from planet Earth. In the composite of image data recorded through broad and narrow band filters, emission from hydrogen atoms in the remnant is shown in red with strong emission from oxygen and nitrogen atoms shown in hues of blue. Of course, in the western part of the Veil lies another seasonal apparition: the Witch's Broom Nebula. - APOD description November 25, 2019. Still having fun experimenting HOO to OHH. 😅 Imaged with 5 minute subs per narrowband filter. Total Integration: 4 hours H - 24 x 300 sec O - 24 x 300 sec Bortle 6 Backyard Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro ZWO ASIAirPro Explore Scientific ED127 Triplet ZWO ASI1600mm Pro ZWO 30mm guidescope ZWO ASI120mm-s guidecam Orion 0.8x Flattener/Reducer DSS,PS #astrophotography #nebula #nebulae #universe #cosmos #space #stars #interstellar #astronomy #nightsky #spacedust #passioneastronomia #passioneastrofotografia #deepsky #telescope #astronomy #astronomia #astro #science @zwoasi @skywatcherusa @sky_watcher_official @explorescientific