Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6960  ·  The star 52 Cyg  ·  Veil Nebula
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Along the Western Veil (APOD 04.04.2014), Oliver Czernetz
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Along the Western Veil (APOD 04.04.2014)

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Along the Western Veil (APOD 04.04.2014), Oliver Czernetz
Along the Western Veil (APOD 04.04.2014)
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Along the Western Veil (APOD 04.04.2014)

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Widefield Mosaic of NGC6960, the Western Part of the Veil Nebula, and Pickering's Triangle.

Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) 04.04.2014

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140404.html

Image Assembly and Processing: Oliver Czernetz

Software: Fits Liberator, RegiStar, Photoshop CS5

Data courtesy: POSS-II Survey (2 Frames, R+B, G synthesized).

(The Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II) was made by the California Institute of Technology with funds from the National Science Foundation, the National Geographic Society, the Sloan Foundation, the Samuel Oschin Foundation, and the Eastman Kodak Corporation.)

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Along the Western Veil (APOD 04.04.2014), Oliver Czernetz