Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 1340  ·  NGC 6960  ·  NGC 6979  ·  NGC 6992  ·  NGC 6995  ·  The star 52Cyg  ·  Veil Nebula
Veil Nebula NGC6960+NGC6992, Aldo Bassi
Veil Nebula NGC6960+NGC6992
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Veil Nebula NGC6960+NGC6992

Veil Nebula NGC6960+NGC6992, Aldo Bassi
Veil Nebula NGC6960+NGC6992
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Veil Nebula NGC6960+NGC6992

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The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus.It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant, many portions of which have acquired their own individual names and catalogue identifiers. NGC 6960, NGC 6992, NGC 6995.
The source supernova was a star 20 times more massive than the Sun which exploded between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. At the time of explosion, the supernova would have appeared brighter than Venus in the sky, and visible in daytime.=10.5px The remnants have since expanded to cover an area of the sky roughly 3 degrees in diameter.

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Veil Nebula NGC6960+NGC6992, Aldo Bassi