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Veil Nebula Fighting with the waning moon just past full, the Veil Nebula in Cygnus is captured. The Veil Nebula the wreck of a star which exploded some 5,000 - 10,000 years ago. The nebula is about 1,400 light years distant. Link-words: Nebula Star

Veil Nebula

Fighting with the waning moon just past full, the Veil Nebula in Cygnus is captured. The Veil Nebula the wreck of a star which exploded some 5,000 - 10,000 years ago. The nebula is about 1,400 light years distant.

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Filename:Veil_Ha_d3.png
Album name:Whitters / Constellations and Star Fields
Rating (2 votes):33333
Link-words:Nebula / Star
Image date, time and location:14/08/2003 22:30UT
Telescope aperture and focal ratio:Thirty 60 Second exposures summed Using MX916 CCD binned 2x2 and 4 inch f2 Aero Lens.
Filesize:390 KiB
Date added:Aug 15, 2003
Dimensions:732 x 532 pixels
Displayed:359 times
URL:http://gallery.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/displayimage-97-_Veil_Nebula_.html
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