Veil Nebula Imaged by Peter Campbell-Burns

The Veil Nebula, also known as the Cygnus Loop or the Witch’s Broom Nebula, is a large, relatively faint supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus. The source supernova exploded some 5,000 to 8,000 years ago, and the remnants have since expanded to cover an area of ~3×3 degrees; about 6 times the diameter or 36 times the area of a full moon.

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Veil Nevula - click to enlarge

This image was taken with an Orion ED80 mounted on a Losmandy GM8 and an Atik 16HR.  34 exposures of 120sec were stacled using Astroart 4.0.  The image was further processed by  John Moore.