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NGC6995
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 20:57:10.0
Declination: +31:14:0
Constellation: CYG
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1825
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: F, eL, neb ___DREYER___ st in groups
Sub-type: SNR
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6995 is part of the Veil Nebula. The position I've chosen is more or less
for the middle of the nebulous complex shown in JH's sketch, published as
Figure 82 in his 1833 Slough Catalogue. He probably saw the knot we now call
IC 1340 (which see) as well. Though it is off the southwest side of the
sketch, the entire panel of the figure is filled with nebulosity, and I'm
pretty sure that JH could have traced the nebula well beyond the boundaries he
chose to include in his drawing.
See NGC 6960 for more discussion of the Veil.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6995
17.5" (7/5/86): feather-like side branches on the south end run off towards the west. Using an OIII filter at 83x, the breathtaking filamentary detail is too detailed to fully describe but the filaments appear like intertwined threads or twisted ropes giving a striking 3-dimensional appearance!
13.1": this is the amazingly detailed southern end of the eastern section of the Veil Nebula attached to NGC 6992 and contains beautiful feather-like side branches to the west, especially using an OIII filter. See description of NGC 6992.