Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6960  ·  The star 52 Cyg  ·  Veil Nebula
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NGC6960 Western Veil Nebula, SebastianFrancese
NGC6960 Western Veil Nebula
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NGC6960 Western Veil Nebula

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NGC6960 Western Veil Nebula, SebastianFrancese
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NGC6960 Western Veil Nebula

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The Western Veil Nebula is from the same  Supernova remnant complex as Eastern Veil Nebula. 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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NGC6960 Western Veil Nebula, SebastianFrancese