Orion Skies

The Eastern Veil

Supernova remnant. Expert target.

For your DWARF 3. Change scope

Duo-Bandfilter
69°highest
One frameDWARF 3 tele
Aug, Sepbest at 10pm

Fine threads from a star that exploded thousands of years ago. Evenings, dropping west through autumn.

Taken with a Dwarf 3

The Veil Nebula, taken with a Dwarf 3
The Veil Nebula
Duo-Bandfilter
60 sexposure
100frames
1 h 40 minin all
Taken with a Dwarf 3 by TPN Explorer, a garden in Leicester, 21 August 2026.

Will it fit?

Sky survey picture of The Eastern Veil with the DWARF 3 frame drawn on it
The dashed box is the DWARF 3 tele frame, 2.93 by 1.65 degrees. It fits in one frame. Sky picture: DSS2 colour survey, via CDS hips2fits (Strasbourg).

Tonight from your location

Set your location in the menu bar to see how high it gets tonight.

Settings by level

Use EQ mode for this oneNebulae are faint and need hours of shots. Without EQ mode the picture slowly turns through the night and the edges are lost when it stacks. Set up EQ mode on the tripod before you search for The Eastern Veil. How to set up EQ mode.

Beginner

Alt-Azmode
Autosettings
Duo-Bandfilter
Set to fitshots

Improver

EQmode
15 sexposure
70gain
Duo-Bandfilter
200+frames

Expert

EQmode
60 sexposure
70gain
Duo-Bandfilter
100+frames

Will my run fit tonight?

Beginner: Auto picks well, but check the filter by eye and set the number of shots to finish before cloud or the Moon. See Improver and Expert for why.

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