Supernova remnant
Network Nebula (NGC6995)
In Cygnus (Cyg) • Magnitude 6.7 • 12 arcminutes
Open the free AstroPlanner with Network Nebula pre-selected, scored against your telescope, location, and the live cloud forecast.
Eastern Veil substructure showing fine filamentary detail.
Network Nebula at a glance
| Catalog IDs | N 6995 |
| Type | Supernova remnant |
| Constellation | Cygnus (Cyg) |
| Right ascension | 20h 57m 11s |
| Declination | +31° 14' 07" |
| Apparent magnitude | 6.70 |
| Surface brightness | 20.7 mag/arcsec² |
| Angular size | 12.0 × 12.0 arcmin |
| Max altitude at 45°N | 76° |
| Best imaging months | Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct |
How to image Network Nebula
Network Nebula sits in the constellation Cygnus at right ascension 20h 57m 11s and declination +31° 14' 07". To frame and integrate it well, AstroPlanner will compute the optimal moonless window for tonight from your location, the field-of-view fit against your sensor and focal length, the suggested total integration time given your aperture and sky Bortle class, and a cloud-aware schedule that drops it from the plan if your nearest cloud forecast spike overlaps the best altitude window.