GigaVeil: 1 billion pixels, 300 hours, 35 panels, and 5 contributors on the Veil Nebula

by Gavin Bent

Objects in field: Veil Nebula, NGC 6960, NGC 6974, NGC 6979, NGC 6992, NGC 6995, IC 1340, LDN 864, LDN 868, LBN 191, Sh2-103, 52 Cyg, BW Vul, PK072-07.1, T Vul, The star 52 Cyg, UX Cyg, V2142 Cyg, V2431 Cyg

Equipment: Celestron EdgeHD 8", Rokinon 135mm f/2.0 ED UMC, Sky-Watcher Evostar 80ED / Gold Series, Sky-Watcher Quattro 150P, SVBony SV503 102ED, SVBony SV545, QHYCCD miniCAM8M, ZWO ASI183MM, ZWO ASI2600MC DUO, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro, ZWO ASI533MC Pro

Integration: 318h 20m

AAPOD2 August 20, 2026 The Veil Nebula is a complex that can be beautiful at all focal lengths. With narrow FOVs, you can get beautifully detailed shots of small regions like the witch’s broom or Pickering’s triangle. At wider FOVs, you can capture the whole complex, another beautiful shot. However, one thing that is rarely done is to combine the two, creating a massive mosaic to get the whole…