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The Western Veil (also known as Caldwell 34), consisting of NGC 6960 (the "Witch's Broom", [10] Lacework Nebula, [8] "Filamentary Nebula" [10]) near the foreground star 52 Cygni; The Eastern Veil (also known as Caldwell 33 ), whose brightest area is NGC 6992 , trailing off farther south into NGC 6995 (together with NGC 6992 also known as ...
NGC 6960, the Western Veil, is the western part of the remnant, also known as the "Witch's Broom", located at J2000 RA 20 h 45 m 58.1 s Dec +30° 35′ 43″. [3] As the westernmost NGC object in the nebula (first in right ascension), its number is sometimes used as an NGC identifier for the nebula as a whole.
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NGC 6992 (Eastern Veil Nebula – center) and NGC 6960 (Western Veil Nebula – upper right) photographed from a dark site. To the south of Epsilon Cygni is the Veil Nebula (NGC 6960, 6979, 6992, and 6995), a 5,000-year-old supernova remnant covering approximately 3 degrees of the sky - [66] it is over 50 light-years long. [4]
Flaming Star Nebula: Nebula: 1.6 Auriga: 13 C32 NGC 4631: Whale Galaxy: Barred Spiral Galaxy: 22,000 Canes Venatici: 9.3 C33 NGC 6992: East Veil Nebula: Supernova Remnant: 2.5 Cygnus: 7 C34 NGC 6960: West Veil Nebula: Supernova Remnant: 2.5 Cygnus: 7 C35 NGC 4889: Coma B: Supergiant Elliptical Galaxy: 300,000 Coma Berenices: 11.4 C36 NGC 4559 ...
52 Cygni with NGC 6960, part of the Veil Nebula. 52 Cygni is a giant star in the northern constellation of Cygnus with an apparent magnitude of 4.22. Based on its Hipparcos parallax, it is about 291 light-years (89 pc) away.
The Ring Nebula is located in the lower right of the image Gum Nebula: 809–950 ly (248–291 pc) [16] [17] Emission nebula: Extends about 36° of the sky Bubble Nebula (NGC 6822) 758 ly (232 pc) [18] [19] [20] H II region: The Bubble Nebula is located in the upper left of the image NGC 6188: 600 ly (180 pc) [21] Emission nebula: NGC 592
NGC 7048 is a planetary nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. The bright star to the lower left of the nebula is a magnitude 10.5 star, designated TYC 3589-4652-1. The nebula is slightly brighter along the west and east sides. [4] This planetary nebula has an apparent magnitude of 12.1. [3]