Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6847  ·  The star 17Cyg  ·  The star 2Cyg  ·  The star 9Cyg  ·  The star Albireo (β1Cyg)  ·  The star β2Cyg  ·  The star φCyg  ·  The star χCyg
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Little Veil Nebula (G65.3+5.7), Scott Tucker
Little Veil Nebula (G65.3+5.7)
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Little Veil Nebula (G65.3+5.7)

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Little Veil Nebula (G65.3+5.7), Scott Tucker
Little Veil Nebula (G65.3+5.7)
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Little Veil Nebula (G65.3+5.7)

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This is a very faint and large supernova remnant in Cygnus, like its famous friend the Veil Nebula. But this one is much harder to image! The bright star at the bottom is Albireo. This is 2 hours of H-alpha and 5 hours of OIII at f/2, and it really probably needs more exposure time.

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Little Veil Nebula (G65.3+5.7), Scott Tucker