NGC 6992 – Eastern Veil Nebula

Object: NGC 6992 (Eastern Veil Nebula)

Location: Igualada, near Barcelona (Bortle 7)
Moon: No moon during acquisition

Equipment

• Telescope: TS Optics APO 80/480 ED Triplet Photoline
• Mount: Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
• Main camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro
• Guide camera: ZWO ASI120MC
• Filter: Optolong L-eNhance
• Acquisition software: ASIAIR Plus

Data Acquisition

• 40 × 300s light frames, total integration time: 3h 20min
• Gain / Offset: default settings, camera temperature: -10 °C
• Guided acquisition using ASI120MC

Processing

• Calibrated with darks only (no flats)
• Siril: Stacked, background extraction, color calibration, and initial histogram stretch
• AstroPics Lab: Separate nebula/stars, noise reduction, nebula enhancement, star reduction /removal, final adjustments (brightness, saturation/detail/…)
• Photoshop: Color adjustments

This is my first post 🙂 so, feedback and suggestions are welcome 🙂