This latest image of The Western Veil or " Witch`s Broom" was taken at F/8 with the Ritchey Chretien Astrograph and Canon 40D modified DSLR. Exposure settings are 13 x 300 seconds @ ISO 800. Set out to take at least 30 images but cloud cover stopped the session.

This supernova remnant lies about 1400 light years away towards Cygnus.The bright star 52 Cygni is visible with the unaided eye at a dark site but it is not related to the ancient supernova.

This image was captured in Nebulosity and processed in Images Plus and Photoshop CS5.