<\/p>\n The twisting nebula seen in van Zuilen’s image is just one section of the sprawling 120-light-year-wide supernova remnant<\/a>, which can be found close to the bright star Epsilon Cygni in the constellation Cygnus along the glowing band of the Milky Way in November.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n Due to the weather, the image was a difficult one to capture. “I’m from the Netherlands and we like to joke here that ‘summer is the best day of the year,'” van Zuilen told Space.com<\/a> in an email. “It rains a lot, so being an amateur astrophotographer is quite a challenging hobby, it requires patience and good timing. Fortunately I live just outside the city in a Bortle 5 area, which really helps with capturing good data through my telescopes.” (The Bortle scale<\/a> is used to measure the brightness of the night sky, including interference from light pollution.)<\/p>\n \n The twisting expanse of the Eastern Veil Nebula is part of the larger Cygnus Loop supernova remnant. (Image credit: Cornelis van Zuilen)<\/p>\n Van Zuilen<\/a> captured the ancient nebula light using an Askar 103APO refractor telescope in conjunction with a ZWO manufactured camera along with an astronomy<\/a> filter and peripherals as it hung in the Bortle 5 skies over the town of Heiloo in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n ZWO ASI533MC Pro<\/p>\n \n (Image credit: Amazon)<\/p>\n Want to capture your own nebula mosaics? The ZWO ASI533MC Pro camera<\/a> is the best dedicated astro camera out there, in our opinion. It features zero amp glow, 80% quantum efficiency and a 20FPS frame rate. It also features a 9MP sensor and you can check out our ZWO ASI533MC Pro review<\/a> for a more in-depth look.<\/p>\n “The most challenging part of editing this image was bringing out the faint hydrogen alpha filaments in the northern region of the image,” explained van Zuilen. “That required careful processing with lots of stretching and noise reduction. It took nine nights to capture enough data to see the filaments clearly and a few more to process the final image, but in the end it was absolutely worth the effort.”<\/p>\n Want to take spectacular images of the night sky for yourself? Then be sure to read our roundups of the best cameras<\/a> and lenses for astrophotography<\/a>, along with early deals on stargazing gear<\/a> ahead of Black Friday 2025.<\/p>\n Editor’s Note: If you would like to share your nebula views with Space.com’s readers, then please send your photo, name, location along with any comments on the shoot and details on the gear used to capture it to spacephotos@space.com. <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wypLDKtc2gcGDGVbfSgozN.jpg\")
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