NGC 6979 Pickerings Triangle Imaged by Peter Campbell-Burns

Pickering’s Triangle, part of the Cygnus loop supernova remnant (which includes the famous Veil Nebula). It is estimated that the progenitar star exploded between 5,000 to 10,000 years ago; the entire shell stretches more than six full Moons in width across the sky. Pickering’s triangle was discovered in 1904 by Williamina Fleming of the Harvard Observatory The object was named in honor of astronomer Edward Charles Pickering, then director of the Observatory.

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This image was taken with a QSI 583 WSG CCD and Takahashi FSQ-106ED (F5) with a total exposure time of 75 minutes as follows:

• Luminance (IR) – 30 mins
• Red – 15 mins
• Green – 15 miins
• Blue – 15 mins B