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The Veil Nebula, Ben Hakala
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The Veil Nebula

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The Veil Nebula

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This image of the Veil Nebula was acquired over 5 nights between July 8th and 13th of 2021.  The star color comes from a natural color image taken in visible light.  The natural color has also been blended with images taken through Narrow band filters.

I really like the faint hydrogen dust clouds we can see near the top of the image.  I believe that this is nearby nebulosity since the Veil Nebula itself is a super nova remnant from a star which went supernova between 10 and 20 thousand years ago.

This field is quite large, for scale five full moons could fit within the confines of the veil nebula itself.

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The Veil Nebula, Ben Hakala