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A Tantalising Veil

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This delicate Hubble Space Telescope image shows a tiny portion of the Cygnus loop, a supernova remnant in the constellation of Cygnus, the Swan. Measurements on this super-detailed image of a cosmic veil shows that the original supernova explosion took place only 5000 years ago.

Credit: ESA & Digitized Sky Survey (Caltech)

 

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Id:heic0006a
Object:Cygnus Loop, SNR 074.0-08.5, Veil Nebula, NGC 6960, NGC 6995, NGC 6992
Type:Nebula
Instru-ment:WFPC2, Ground-based
Width:3000
Height:2164

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