Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 1340  ·  NGC 6960  ·  NGC 6979  ·  NGC 6992  ·  NGC 6995  ·  The star 52 Cyg  ·  Veil Nebula
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Veil Nebula supernova remnant in multi-band color, David Elmore
Veil Nebula supernova remnant in multi-band color
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Veil Nebula supernova remnant in multi-band color

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Veil Nebula supernova remnant in multi-band color, David Elmore
Veil Nebula supernova remnant in multi-band color
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Veil Nebula supernova remnant in multi-band color

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The Veil nebula or Cygnus Loop is a supernova remnant from a star that exploded 10,000 to 20,000 years ago and is about 2400 ly distant in the Milky Way.
For this rendering I tried H-alpha as red, Sulphur II as yellow, and Oxygen III as cyan.

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Veil Nebula supernova remnant in multi-band color, David Elmore

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