Western Veil

The Western Veil Nebula, NGC 6960 is in the constellation Cygnus. The Western Veil is also known as "the Witch's Broom." I took this image on Halloween, 2012. How appropriate is that for a Halloween treat! Even though the entire nebula has a relatively bright integrated magnitude of 7, it is spread over so large an area that the surface brightness is quite low, so both portions, the Eastern and Western, are notorious among astronomers as being difficult to see. This is my 10 minute stacked image.