Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 1340  ·  NGC 6992  ·  NGC 6995
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NGC-6992, Eastern Arc of Veil Nebula, Stargazer66207
NGC-6992, Eastern Arc of Veil Nebula
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NGC-6992, Eastern Arc of Veil Nebula

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NGC-6992, Eastern Arc of Veil Nebula, Stargazer66207
NGC-6992, Eastern Arc of Veil Nebula
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NGC-6992, Eastern Arc of Veil Nebula

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NGC-6992 is the Eastern Arc of the Veil Nebula supernova remnant. Visually it is over 80 arc minutes in length. It lies at a distance of 1500 light years from Earth, and was formed by a supernova which exploded over 45,000 years ago.

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NGC-6992, Eastern Arc of Veil Nebula, Stargazer66207

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