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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 large but relatively faint supernova remnant. The supernova exploded some 5,000 to 8,000 years ago, and the remnants have since expanded to cover an area roughly 36 times the area of the full moon. The distance to the nebula is not precisely known, but Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) data supports a distance of about 1,470 light-years.
This is a two pane mosaic in order to the the huge field of view and totals 16 x 30 minute exposures. It's only in mono at the minute as this is one of the filters used in order to collect the data for a colour image .... now the weather has taken a turn for the worse!
The complete Veil nebula complex (NGC6960) in mono by Sara Wager, on Flickr
If you are interested you can see a larger res version http://swagastro.weebly.com/uploads/2/3/3/7/23377322/veil_mono.jpg
This is a two pane mosaic in order to the the huge field of view and totals 16 x 30 minute exposures. It's only in mono at the minute as this is one of the filters used in order to collect the data for a colour image .... now the weather has taken a turn for the worse!
The complete Veil nebula complex (NGC6960) in mono by Sara Wager, on Flickr
If you are interested you can see a larger res version http://swagastro.weebly.com/uploads/2/3/3/7/23377322/veil_mono.jpg