The Pelican Nebula (IC5070 & IC5067)

The Pelican Nebula taken this morning. Its 1800 light years away and 22 light years across in the constellation of Cygnus. Millions of years from now this enormous, hot, gas cloud will look completely different from the way it looks now. I wonder what it will look like then?
13 x 240 second exposures (52 minutes). 20 of each darks, Bias and Flat frames.
Equipment :
* Sky-Watcher Evostar-80ED DS PRO telescope with 0.85 focal reducer.
* Modified Canon 40D with Astonomik CLS light pollution filter.
* Sky-Watcher ST80 Guide scope & ZWOASI120mc camera.
* DIY Dew heaters and DIY Controller with dew sensor.
* Sky-Watcher HEQ5 PRO SynScan mount.
* EQASCOM software for remote mount control.
* Backyard EOS imaging software.
* Stellarium Scope & Stellarium software for Scope control  .
* PHD Guiding, Guiding Software
* Team Viewer to enable sitting indoors with you feet up!!

Lake Pier, Hamworthy with Milky Way

I had been planning this shot for some time and would have preferred to take a few weeks earlier when the Milky Way was in line with the pier but the weather or other commitments got in the way.
On the 22nd of August I decided to set my scope up at home and shoot the North America nebula and leave it running for an hour or so whilst I drove 5 or 6 miles to this location. The roads were very quite at midnight so it didn't take me long. When I arrived it was dark and very peaceful. The sea was very still with virtually no wind. It wasn't easy focusing as I couldn't see much in the viewfinder. Framing the image was just as difficult as I wanted to get the Pier in the middle. I was at the pier about 35 minutes then made my way back home to find the telescope still guiding perfectly and just coming up to a meridian flip. It all worked out well but next time I'm going to only do one thing at a time so I could spend more than 35 minutes here. I also want to use my home made tracking device so that I can improve the star trailing when using a tripod.

Western Veil nebula

Sometimes called the witches broom, this nebula is on the opposite side of the previous post the eastern Veil.
It is made from 72 minutes of data and for the first time I have mixed two separate days  and 6 minute and 4 minute exposures.
As usual with nebula images I have used my modified 40d and ED 80 scope guided with an ST80 scope with ZWO camera and PHD2 guiding software.

The Eastern Veil Nebula NGC 6992/95

The Eastern Veil Nebula is part of the Cygnus Loop. The loop is a remnant of a Supernova which exploded between 3000 and 6000 years BC. Its estimated to be 1470 light years away and was discovered in 1784 by William Herschel.
Using my Skywatcher ED80 I managed to get only 11 x 240 second (44 minutes) exposures due to some inconsiderate clouds so I'm really pleased with the detail in the nebula. I wonder what this object would look like with over 2 hours worth of data?  There is only one way to find out!!