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NGC6960 (Bright Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.nightskyinfo.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: No location given
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Mon Oct 10 23:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1361
You can find NGC 6960 (Lace - Work Nebula, part of Veil Nebula) around the fourth magnitude star 52 Cygni.The nebula is very difficult in less than perfect skies, but visible with a 114-mm telescope from a dark location. Use averted vision, and keep 52 Cygni just out of the field.A UHC or OIII filter can really improve the visibility of the nebula, it allows much more contrast and detail to be seen, even if you observe from a slightly light polluted location.
NGC6960 (Bright Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: Andrew Cooper (e-mail: acooper@pobox.com, web: http://www.siowl.com/)
Instrument: 46-cm Dobsonian reflector Location: Vekol Road, Arizona, Unites States
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jun 5 04:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1274
The fragment surrounding 52Cyg , appears as a wisp of smoke, starting narrow to the north and widening as it goes through the star, a lot of detail within the wisp, almost appearing braided, OIII allows much more contrast and detail to be seen
NGC6960 (Bright Nebula, in Cygnus, Est. RaDec 20h56m +32)
Observer: Thomas Godfrey (e-mail: choccy_bourbon@hotmail.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Oct 1 21:47:00 2000 UT Obs. no.: 580
Even from my light polluted site this superb telescopic object could be seen in 10x50 binoculars. The SNR looked like a slightly curved streak with a sharp hook at the more southern end. An OIII or UHC filter is a must.
NGC6960 (Bright Nebula, in Cygnus)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Jul 2 09:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 184
One of the components of the Veil Nebula. Burnham's described it as looking like a miniature Milky Way in the field of a small telescope, and that describes its appearance at 49x in my 8-inch pretty accurately. It required peripheral vision, and was visually kind of unimpressive. (I think I was spoiled by the bright planetaries I'd looked at earlier.)
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