Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Filamentary nebula  ·  Lace-work nebula  ·  NGC 6960  ·  The star 52Cyg  ·  Veil nebula

Image of the day 07/15/2016

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    Western Veil Nebula - NGC6960, Thomas Richter
    Western Veil Nebula - NGC6960
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    Western Veil Nebula - NGC6960

    Image of the day 07/15/2016

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      Western Veil Nebula - NGC6960, Thomas Richter
      Western Veil Nebula - NGC6960
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      Western Veil Nebula - NGC6960

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      It was a very clear night, and a relative short exposure time made it possible to get this beautiful picture.

      Only R,G and B was captured.

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      Please also watch my timelapse on youtube, which shows the conditions on this night.

      https://youtu.be/JYr8s4EwMnU

      Object description (wikipedia.org):

      The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop (radio source W78, or Sharpless 103), a large but relatively faint supernova remnant. The source supernova exploded circa 3,000 BC to 6,000 BC, and the remnants have since expanded to cover an area roughly 3 degrees in diameter (about 6 times the diameter, or 36 times the area, of the full moon). The distance to the nebula is not precisely known, but Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) data supports a distance of about 1,470 light-years.

      The Western Veil (also known as Caldwell 34), consisting of NGC 6960 (the "Witch's Broom", "Finger of God", or "Filamentary Nebula") near the foreground star 52 Cygni.

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        Western Veil Nebula - NGC6960, Thomas Richter
        Original
        Western Veil Nebula - NGC6960, Thomas Richter
        B
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        Western Veil Nebula - NGC6960, Thomas Richter
        C

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      Western Veil Nebula - NGC6960, Thomas Richter

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