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NGC6992

March 17, 2017 By egleason 1 Comment

The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop (radio source W78, or Sharpless 103), a large but relatively faint supernova remnant.

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Filed Under: Nebula, Photos, Supernova Tagged With: Cygnus Loop, Veil Nebula

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  1. Gary Nelson says

    June 11, 2017 at 10:31 pm

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