Veil Nebula (SNR) in Cygnus

Veil Nebula (SNR) in Cygnus

Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello (Oria Amateur Astrophysical Observatory - OAAO)

 

 

The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in Cygnus.

It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a large supernova remnant (radio source W78, or Sharpless 103). The source supernova exploded some 5,000 to 8,000 years ago

 

 

110/250mm f/2.2 astrograph + DSLR RGB and filtered images stacked.

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