Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  12 phi Cyg  ·  9 Cyg  ·  LBN 147  ·  LDN 816  ·  PK064+05.1  ·  Sh2-91  ·  The star 9Cyg  ·  The star φCyg
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Sharpless 2-91 Little Veil, Larry S
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Sharpless 2-91 Little Veil

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Sharpless 2-91 Little Veil

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Little Veil Nebula, Sharpless 2-91. A faint nebula located approximately 2,500 light-years away in Cygnus. It is a filament of a supernova remnant.

The bright red object at the bottom of the frame is planetary nebula PK 64+5.1, or Campbell’s Hydrogen Star. It has the WC Wolf-Rayet star HD184738 at it's center.

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Sharpless 2-91 Little Veil, Larry S

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