NGC 6992 | Eastern Veil Nebula

I went up to Moosehead Lake to spend a few days with my cousin and his family, and I brought along my telescope. The sky up there is one of the darkest in the eastern United States. Nothing like home, where the light never really goes away and there’s always a glow on the horizon, washing out anything faint.

I got first light on the Eastern Veil from the lake. It’s the shockwave from a star that exploded in Cygnus over 10,000 years ago, still spreading, still catching fire, thread by thread as it plows through space. The red is hydrogen, the blue-green is oxygen. One night wasn’t enough, so I kept adding to it from home over three more.

Days with the family. Nights with the telescope. Definitely worth the drive.

Captured on June 24, 2026, at Moosehead Lake. Finished over three more nights from Eliot. About 15 hours of total exposure, all using the Seestar S30 Pro.