Veil Nebula Complex - Cygnus Loop, 2 Panel Mosaic (Robert Huerbsch)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: Filamentary nebula · IC 1340 · Lace-work nebula · NGC 6960 · NGC 6992 · NGC 6995 · Network nebula · The star 52Cyg · Veil nebula

Veil Nebula Complex - Cygnus Loop, 2 Panel Mosaic, Robert Huerbsch

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Veil Nebula Complex - Cygnus Loop, 2 Panel Mosaic

I would have loved to get more time on this, but had the first clear night in 45 days Friday, and then partly cloudy over the weekend. Still need to blend in the 10+ hours of high resolution data I have from the AT130EDT on both the East and West nebulas into this 2 panel mosaic.

The Veil Complex / Cygnus Loop nebula lies about 2,000 light-years away and is a super nova remnant from approx 6-8,000 years ago. The Cygnus Loop extends over three times the size of the full moon in the night sky, and its easy to locate the Witch's Broom from the bright star 52 Cyg if doing visual astronomy. The filaments of gas and dust visible here in hydrogen alpha and oxygen III were heated by the shockwave from the supernova, which is still spreading outward from the original explosion. The original supernova may have been bright enough to be seen with the naked eye during the day and must have been stunning at night.

Interestingly there are heiroglyphs depicting a 2nd sun during that time period, both Egyptian and Byzantine. Altho it is thought they may have seen the Vela super nova instead.

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Description: Blended in high resolution data from the AT130EDT for both the East and West Veil Nebulas. It def made a significant difference for those areas, but the background is not as good now : (

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