Veil Nebula (NGC6960) Observation Details
NGC6960 Daily Motion
NGC6960 will rise before twilight begins, at 20:44, and will reach 14° elevation by the time twilight commences at 22:16. It will reach its transit at 81° by 04:42 and gradually fade away as the night ends at 04:48, maintaining an elevation of around 81°.NGC6960 will be visible until January, 17, when it will move too close to the Sun. During this time, its proximity to the Sun will cause it to disappear from the night sky, making it unobservable for a while.
NGC6960 Visibility Timetable on June 15
NGC6960 Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| NGC6960 rise | 20:44 | |
| Sunset | 21:00 | 2° |
| Civil sunset | 21:35 | 8° |
| Astrosession begin | 23:05 | 23° |
| Moon Rise, 85.5% illuminated | 00:03 | 34° |
| Astrosession end | 03:59 | 77° |
| NGC6960 transit | 04:42 | 81° |
| Civil sunrise | 05:29 | 77° |
| Sunrise | 06:04 | 71° |
| Moon Set | 09:58 | 27° |
| NGC6960 set | 12:39 |
Track NGC6960 Position Throughout the Night
← Sun, 15 June 2025 →
| Time | 02:16 |
| Altitude | 14° |
| Azimuth | -62° |
NGC6960 Image Gallery
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DSS Composite image
The photos are taken from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2), which was produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) under NASA contract, using data from the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS II).
Special thanks to the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and the California Institute of Technology for their significant contributions.
Finder Chart for NGC6960
| Object name | NGC6960 |
| Field of view | |
| Limiting magnitude | |
| NGC6960 coordinates | 20.76616, 30.59514 |
| Center coordinates | 20.76616, 30.59514 |
NGC6960 Passage Through Night
Current position of NGC6960
| Time | 06:25 |
| Latitude | 39.9625 |
| Longitude | -83.0061 |
| NGC6960 elevation | 68° |
| NGC6960 Azimuth | 107° |
Annual motion of NGC6960
| Date | Sun, 15 June 2025 |
| Twighlight start | 23:00 |
| Twighlight end | 03:54 |
| Twighlight duration | 5h 54m |
| Rise | 20:44 |
| Set | 12:39 |
| Elevation at transit | 81° |
| Transit time | 04:42 |
| Equatorial coordinates | RA: 20h 45m 58s", Dec: 30° 35' 42s |
| Magnitude | 7 |
| Constellation | Cygnus |
The graph is structured with the vertical axis showing the hours of the day, ranging from 12 AM to 12 AM the next day, while the horizontal axis spans each day of the year.
The reddish shaded area indicates the periods when the NGC6960 is above the horizon, visible to observers. The white line marks the times when the celestial object reaches its highest point in the sky each day, known as the transit.
Data Credits
The nebulae information on this page is sourced from the OpenNGC project, developed by Matteo Verga. OpenNGC provides detailed data on the NGC catalog, which is a valuable resource for exploring deep-sky objects such as nebulae.
For more details or to contribute to OpenNGC, visit the official GitHub repository: OpenNGC on GitHub.