Eastern Veil
by Ralf Rohner
Title
Eastern Veil
Artist
Ralf Rohner
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Description
The Eastern Veil nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation of Cygnus, located at around 1470 light-years from Earth. It is part of the Cygnus Loop which is a 7000 years old, faint supernova remnant, covering roughly 3° on the sky (almost 6 full moons). The red hues in this image are from ionized hydrogen gas clouds, emitting light in the H-alpha wavelength, while the cyan hues are from oxygen ions.
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December 15th, 2020
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