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Veil Nebula complex

This is the Veil Nebula in the constellation of Cygnus.

At approximately 1500 light years away, it is the result of a supernova that happened some 5000 years ago. It is a faint cloud of gas and dust that is about 3 degrees in diameter or 36 times the area of the full moon in the night sky. Not really happy with the processing and noise on this one but can't seem to improve on it. One to revisit on a rainy day...

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Uploaded on September 6, 2013
Taken on September 6, 2013