Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  52 Cyg  ·  NGC 6960  ·  The star 52Cyg  ·  Veil Nebula
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Western Veil Nebula #1, Molly Wakeling
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Western Veil Nebula #1

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Western Veil Nebula #1, Molly Wakeling
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Western Veil Nebula #1

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Part of the Cygnus Loop, which is a supernova remnant from a star that exploded sometime between 6,000-3,000 BC, it is also sometimes called the Witch's Broom. It lies about 1,470 lightyears away.

Processing this image gave me a little bit of trouble; it was super noisy for some reason. But I finally found a stacking mode that seemed to reduce the noise (the Auto Adaptive Weighted Average, and no background calibration).

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Western Veil Nebula #1, Molly Wakeling