Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 1340  ·  NGC 6992  ·  NGC 6995
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NGC6962 Eastern Veil Nebula, SebastianFrancese
NGC6962 Eastern Veil Nebula
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NGC6962 Eastern Veil Nebula

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NGC6962 Eastern Veil Nebula, SebastianFrancese
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NGC6962 Eastern Veil Nebula

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The Veil Nebula is a Supernova remnant, a cloud of ionized gas and dust which are the debris left by the explosion of a star about 20 times the mass of the Sun. The immense explosion happened around 15,000 yearsago, in the Constellation Cygnus.The exploding star, would have been seen from Earth as big as the planet  Venus.

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NGC6962 Eastern Veil Nebula, SebastianFrancese