Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 1340  ·  NGC 6992  ·  NGC 6995
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NGC6992 EasternVeil Nebula, SebastianFrancese
NGC6992 EasternVeil Nebula
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NGC6992 EasternVeil Nebula

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NGC6992 EasternVeil Nebula, SebastianFrancese
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NGC6992 EasternVeil 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.

Image acquisition date:06/22/2022Site:Lake SonomaLight pollution:Bortle Scale 3Telescope:Explore Scientific 102 mm ED APO TripletMount:Skywatcher EQM 35 PROCamera:ZWO asi 294MC proFilters:Optolong L-extremeCamera settings:4 minutes. Gain 250Frame count:34Total exposure time:2 hours, 16 minutesImage acquisition soft.:SharpcapStacking software:Deep Sky StackerImage processing:Photoshop

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NGC6992 EasternVeil Nebula, SebastianFrancese