Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 1340  ·  NGC 6992  ·  NGC 6995
NGC 6995 - ZOOM IN THE BAT NEBULA, Emanuele La Barbera
NGC 6995 - ZOOM IN THE BAT NEBULA
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NGC 6995 - ZOOM IN THE BAT NEBULA

NGC 6995 - ZOOM IN THE BAT NEBULA, Emanuele La Barbera
NGC 6995 - ZOOM IN THE BAT NEBULA
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NGC 6995 - ZOOM IN THE BAT NEBULA

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NGC 6995 is a vast cloud of ionized gas located in the constellation of Cygnus; this cloud is in turn part of a nebular complex known as Cygnus Loop: a remnant of a supernova that is now weakly dispersing, with a large apparent size of  3 ° in the constellation. It is estimated that between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago a star with a mass 20 times greater than that of the Sun exploded. Given the (approximate) distance of 2400 light years, it is thought that at the moment of the explosion, the supernova would have been so bright that it was visible even during the day.
The Cygnus Loop was first observed by William Herschel in 1784 and described it as a branching nebulosity. Using modern CMOS and CCD cameras and making long exposures, different filaments are detected which in turn are made up of a network of other minor filaments, increasingly thin and branched (see photo).

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