The Veil Nebula (ground-based view)
This image shows the Veil supernova remnant and the surrounding sky. Due to the size of the Nebula the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope was able to only observe a small part of it in detail.
Credit:NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
About the Image
Id: | heic1520b |
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Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 24 September 2015, 16:00 |
Related releases: | heic1520 |
Size: | 9936 x 10320 px |
About the Object
Name: | Cygnus Loop, NGC 6960, Veil Nebula |
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Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant |
Distance: | 2100 light years |
Constellation: | Cygnus |
Category: | Nebulae |
Image Formats
Large JPEG
99.4 MB
Publication TIFF 4K
34.1 MB
Publication JPEG
15.2 MB
Screensize JPEG
752.8 KB
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 20 46 48.09 |
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Position (Dec): | 30° 43' 46.56" |
Field of view: | 166.94 x 173.39 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.3° right of vertical |