Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 1340  ·  NGC 6992  ·  NGC 6995
Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC6992), Jason dain
Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC6992)
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Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC6992)

Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC6992), Jason dain
Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC6992)
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Eastern Veil Nebula (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. 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. The remnants have since expanded to cover an area of the sky roughly 3 degrees in diameter (about 6 times the diameter, and 36 times the area, of the full Moon). Wikipedia.

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Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC6992), Jason dain