By Andy Dungan | 2026-10-17
NGC 6960 - Witch’s Broom nebula
On 11/09/2026 11:00 pm by Scott Smith | Palmetto, Florida USA
This part of the Veil Nebula, also called The Witch’s Broom is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus.
It constitutes the brightest parts of the visible portion of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant, many portions of which have acquired their own individual names and catalogue identifiers. The source supernova was a star 20 times more massive than the Sun which exploded between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. Roughly 2,400 light-years away from Earth
ZWO Seestar S50 smart telescope
A combination of 20 and 30 second exposures taken over 2 evenings totaling 1hr 26min of exposure time.
Images were stacked and processed using AstroWizard