Witch's Broom Nebula

The Witch's Broom Nebula or The Western Veil Nebula NGC 6960, LBN 191
A supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus, part of the shock wave
It is part of the large Veil Nebula.
The star 52 Cygni is located in the center
Red color - areas of plasma from ionized hydrogen (H II)
Bluish color - areas of plasma from ionized oxygen (O III)


Equipment and software:
Camera Canon EOS 200 Da.
Telescope Synta SkyWatcher 150/750, F/5
Mount HEQ-5 Pro
Bahtinov mask
Polar alignment camera iOptron iPolar
Coma corrector Baader MPCC Mark III

Acquisition software:
Astrophotography Tool
SharpCap (polar alignment)
EQ-Mode
ASCOM
Cartes Du Ciel

Imaging from July 11,19,20.2025, suburbs of Chelyabinsk, Kremenkul area
Red zone light pollution. Bortle scale class 7
Total 972 Light frames at 15 seconds + 100 Dark frames + 100 Bias frames
ISO 1600


Total integrated exposure Σ=4h03'00"

Post-processing software:
DeepSkyStacker
FitsWork
FITStacker
Lightroom
StraNet2GUI
Photoshop
Topaz Denoise AI