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Western Veil Nebula - Witch's Broom NGC6960, Justin Hendrickson
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Western Veil Nebula - Witch's Broom NGC6960

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Western Veil Nebula - Witch's Broom NGC6960

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Notes: The wildfire smoke in NorCal finally dissipated enough to take pictures last night and the Western Veil, also known as the Witch’s Broom Nebula was the target. It’s the western edge of a large supernova remnant that’s 1,400 light years away in the constellation Cygnus. Over 10,000 years ago, a star 20 times bigger than our sun exploded and these remnants have been expanding outward ever since at over 900k miles per hour. The Witch’s Broom spans roughly 35 light years across, and the red filaments are hydrogen gas while the blue are oxygen.

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Western Veil Nebula - Witch's Broom NGC6960, Justin Hendrickson