SUNSET: 
0
Photographer:
Rod Pommier
Location of Photo:
Pommier Observatory, Portland, OR, USA
Date/Time of photo:
2024-08-18 through 2024-08-27
Equipment:
PlaneWave CDK17 on L500 mount, SBIG STL 11000 CCD camera with Baader Planetarium H-alpha, R, G, and B filters
Description:
This is a region in Cygnus 4 degrees west of Deneb, 7 degrees west of the N. America Nebula, and 4 degrees north of the Propeller Nebula. It shows beautiful shock waves of interstellar hydrogen gas, likely compressed by a combination of supernovae and fierce stellar winds. The shock waves are reminiscent of the Witch's Broom Nebula and the Veil Nebula, which are also nearby in the sky, but these waves are much larger than those of the Witch's Broom or the Veil Nebulae. Despite these shockwaves being near so many popular and frequently imaged deep sky objects, they are virtually never imaged and they have no eponym. I venture to say that if they were in a region of sky devoid of other popular objects, they would be recognized as a beautiful deep sky object worthy of being imaged.
