Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 1340  ·  LBN 191  ·  NGC 6992  ·  NGC 6995  ·  Veil nebula
NGC6992 HST, Sergiy_Vakulenko
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NGC6992 HST

NGC6992 HST, Sergiy_Vakulenko
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NGC6992 HST

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The Veil Nebula is part of the Cygnus Loop which comprises several NGC objects. Shown here is NGC 6992 in the Eastern Veil. The Veil Nebula is a faint supernova remnant that exploded some 5000 years ago, and since then it has been expanding on the sky to cover some 3 degrees. Its fine and intrincated filaments are attributed to a thin shock wave propagating into space and seen edge-on.

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