Veil Nebula (NGC 6960, NGC 6992)
The entire ring left by a star that exploded millennia ago.
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Buy in the shopAbout the object
The Veil in Cygnus is a supernova remnant about 2,400 light years away. The star exploded roughly 10,000–20,000 years ago, and its expanding shell now spans about three degrees of sky – six times the full Moon.
How the image was made
- Captured
- 23 July 2025
- Focal length
- 449 mm
- Calibration & stacking
- Siril 1.4.0-beta3
- Processing
- Adobe Lightroom 8.4 (Windows)
Data from the original file’s metadata or from the author.