Uncovering the Veil Nebula
This image shows a small portion of the Veil Nebula. The highlighted portions are images taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The colour is produced by composite of three different images. The different colours indicate emission from different kinds of atoms excited by the shock: blue shows oxygen, green shows sulphur, and red shows hydrogen.
Credit:
NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: J. Hester (Arizona State University) and Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
| Id: | heic0712f |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 31 July 2007, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0712 |
| Size: | 4000 x 5915 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Cygnus Loop, NGC 6960, Veil Nebula |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant |
| Distance: | 1500 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical B |
DSS | |
| Optical Oiii |
502 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical Sii |
673 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical H-alpha |
656 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical R |
DSS |
