Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 1340  ·  NGC 6992  ·  NGC 6995
NGC 6992, Andrey Zhelnin
NGC 6992
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NGC 6992

NGC 6992, Andrey Zhelnin
NGC 6992
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NGC 6992

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NGC 6992 - the part of the Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. The nebula is a supernova remnant, which was a star 20 times more massive than the Sun, and it exploded between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago.

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NGC 6992, Andrey Zhelnin