Veil Nebula

Supernova remnant, the Witch's Broom

From the Sun

2,400 light-years

What it is

Filaments of a star that exploded 10,000 to 20,000 years ago, still expanding. This is its western arc, NGC 6960.

The picture hangs at that distance facing Earth, as large as it is on the sky; how deep the object is cannot be seen, so it is flat.

Taken by: NOIRLab
Picture spans: about 42 ly
From the Sun: 2,400 light-years
RA / Dec: 311.08° / 30.61°
Credit: T. A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage and WIYN/NOIRLab/ NSF /AURA

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

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