Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Filamentary nebula  ·  Lace-work nebula  ·  NGC 6960  ·  The star 52Cyg  ·  Veil nebula
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Western Veil Nebula, NGC 6960 Hubble Palette with NAOA Luminosity, Eric Coles (coles44)
Western Veil Nebula, NGC 6960 Hubble Palette with NAOA Luminosity
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Western Veil Nebula, NGC 6960 Hubble Palette with NAOA Luminosity

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This is a combination of the color tone map from an earlier post (http://www.astrobin.com/111103/) and a gray-scale version of the Cygnus Loop from NAOA (http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im1138.html) as the luminosity layer. Credit T. A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF.

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Western Veil Nebula, NGC 6960 Hubble Palette with NAOA Luminosity, Eric Coles (coles44)