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

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The Eastern Veil Nebula: NGC 6992, Prabhakaran
The Eastern Veil Nebula: NGC 6992
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The Eastern Veil Nebula: NGC 6992

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The Eastern Veil nebula, cataloged as NGC 6992, these glowing filaments of interstellar shocked gas are part of a larger spherical supernova remnant known as the Cygnus Loop or the Veil Nebula -- expanding debris from a star 20 times more massive than the sun which exploded between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. This color image of the Veil has been processed with narrowband data and enhanced to reveal stunning details in the diaphanous cosmic cloud. Seen from our perspective against a rich Milky Way star field, the Veil Nebula is now known to lie some 1,400 light-years away toward the constellation Cygnus. At that distance, witnesses to the original stellar explosion would have seen a star in the heavens increase in brightness to about -8 magnitude, roughly corresponding to the brightness of the crescent Moon.

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The Eastern Veil Nebula: NGC 6992, Prabhakaran