Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 1340  ·  NGC 6995  ·  Network nebula  ·  Veil nebula
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NGC 6992 - The Eastern Veil Nebula, Randal Healey
NGC 6992 - The Eastern Veil Nebula
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NGC 6992 - The Eastern Veil Nebula

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NGC 6992 - The Eastern Veil Nebula

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The Eastern Veil Nebula, HOO, RGB Stars

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, a supernova remnant, many portions of which have acquired their own individual names and catalogue identifiers. The source supernova was a star 20 times more massive than the Sun, which exploded around 8,000 years ago. When finely resolved, some parts of the image appear to be rope-like filaments. The standard explanation is that the shock waves are so thin, less than one part in 50,000 of the radius, that the shell is visible only when viewed exactly edge-on, giving the shell the appearance of a filament.

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  • NGC 6992 - The Eastern Veil Nebula, Randal Healey
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NGC 6992 - The Eastern Veil Nebula, Randal Healey