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

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
The Eastern Veil Nebula, Lee Harris
The Eastern Veil Nebula
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The Eastern Veil Nebula

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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We still have clear skies for June here in the UK, and here is my second image using the Altair Astro Hypercam 183C, plus my new CLS filter and I think I'm finally getting the hang of it, hope you like the image.

NGC 6992 - The Eastern Veil Nebula

The Eastern Veil nebula (also known as Caldwell 33) is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation of Cygnus and is located at around 1470 light-years from Earth. It is part of the Cygnus Loop which is a faint supernova remnant that exploded approximately 7000 years ago. From the moment the source star exploded and until now, the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant expanded to a diameter of roughly 3° on the sky (that almost 6 full moons). The red hues in this image are from ionized hydrogen content of gas clouds that emit light in the H-alpha wavelength, while the cyan hues are from oxygen ions.

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