NGC6960 sometimes known as the ‘witches broomstick’. Here are a couple of not terrible successful attempts by me to photograph it. The presence of a bright object alongside it makes the duration of the open shutter problematic. I tried doing longer shots but the nebula just gets blotted out by the bright object.
NGC 6960 (H alpha filtered)NGC 6960 (Omega 3 filtered)
Taken using the Bradford Robotic telescope.
Here is another much more successful picture of the whole nebula, which shows how it became to be known as ‘the witches broomstick’
I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.
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