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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NGC 2264
NGC 2264 is the designation number of the New General Catalogue that identifies two astronomical objects as a single object:
- the Cone Nebula,
- the Christmas Tree Cluster,
All of the objects are located in the Monoceros constellation.
NGC 6144
NGC 6144 is a globular cluster in the constellation Scorpius.
Maurolycus
Maurolycus, one of the more prominent lunar craters in the southern highland region of the Moon, is covered in overlapping crater impacts.
Sirius
Sirius is a star system and the brightest star in the Earth’s night sky.