NGC 6960 - Veil Nebula (western part)The veil nebula is an supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus. It is part of a supernova remnant, with NGC 6992 and NGC 6995 being the other two parts [1]. Another common name is Cirrus nebula. The bright start in the middle of the picture is 52 Cygni.
The veil nebula was discovered on Sep 5 1784 by William Herschel [2]. A really wonderful picture can be seen here [3]
References:[1] R. Bruce et al., "Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders"
NGC 6826 - Blinking PlanetaryThe Blinking Planetary is named after an effect, which is observable with many other planetary nebulae as well. The central star is that bright, that it overwhelms the brightness of the nebula, while the nebula can be seen using averted vision[1].
References:[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinking_Planetary M31 - Andromeda GalaxyFirst written accord of a observation of the Andromeda galaxy was given in 964 by persian Astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi [1]. However, when Charles Messier entered it into his catalogues as M31 he attributed the discovery wrongly to Simon Marius, who described telescopic observation in 1612.Andromeda galaxy is the nearest galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy and member of the so called Local Group. The picture below does the galxy no credit, so have a look here [2] to see it in all its spledor.
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