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  2. Veil Nebula - Wikipedia

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    The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. [ 4 ] It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop , [ 5 ] a supernova remnant , many portions of which have acquired their own individual names and catalogue identifiers.

  3. Cygnus Loop - Wikipedia

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    The Cygnus Loop (radio source W78, or Sharpless 103) is a large supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Cygnus, an emission nebula measuring nearly 3° across. [1] Some arcs of the loop, known collectively as the Veil Nebula or Cirrus Nebula, emit in the visible electromagnetic range. [1] Radio, infrared, and X-ray images reveal the ...

  4. List of largest nebulae - Wikipedia

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    Part of another diffuse nebula IC 4703. Rosette Nebula: 130 ly (40 pc) [43] H II region: Only 36 stars were known to be in this nebula but the Chandra telescope increased the number of known stars to 160. Lagoon Nebula: 110 ly (34 pc) [44] H II region: Veil Nebula: 100–130 ly (31–40 pc) [45] Supernova remnant: Located in the Cygnus Loop ...

  5. Cygnus (constellation) - Wikipedia

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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 ]

  6. 52 Cygni - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. File:Veil Nebula - NGC6960.jpg - Wikipedia

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  8. N6946-BH1 - Wikipedia

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    N6946-BH1 is a disappearing supergiant star and failed supernova candidate formerly seen in the galaxy NGC 6946, on the northern border of the constellation of Cygnus.The star, either a red supergiant [1] or a yellow hypergiant, [3] was 25 times the mass of the Sun, and was 20 million light years distant from Earth.

  9. Portal:Astronomy/Picture/Week 31 2008 - Wikipedia

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    The Veil Nebula, also known as the Cygnus Loop or the Witch's Broom Nebula, is a large, relatively faint Veil Nebula, also known as the Cygnus Loop or the Witch's Broom