Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  52 Cyg  ·  NGC 6960  ·  Sh2-103  ·  The star 52Cyg  ·  Veil Nebula

Image of the day 07/20/2018

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    NGC6960 The Witch's Broom, Barry Wilson
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    NGC6960 The Witch's Broom

    Image of the day 07/20/2018

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      NGC6960 The Witch's Broom, Barry Wilson
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      NGC6960 The Witch's Broom

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      In between mosaic projects Steve and I selected this iconic target - its popularity is justified with its majestic soaring jets of Ha and OIII.

      From Wikipedia: "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 Hubble Space Telescope captured several images of the nebula. The analysis of the emissions from the nebula indicate the presence of oxygen, sulfur, and hydrogen. This is also one of the largest, brightest features in the x-ray sky."

      Data acquisition: Barry Wilson & Steve Milne.

      Processed: Barry Wilson

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      NGC6960 The Witch's Broom, Barry Wilson