We've had four consecutive clear nights this week, a rare event! Despite being the shortest nights of the year, I managed to get a little over five hours of usable data over two nights on the western part of the Veil Nebula.

This nebula is the visible part of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant in the Cygnus constellation. Located at approximately 2400 light years from Earth, the remains of the supernova that exploded 10,000 to 20,000 years ago now span approximately 130 light years across.

Visible in this image are the Western Veil nebula aka "Witch's Broom" (NGC 6960), Pickering's Triangle as well as NGC 6974 and NGC 6979.

High resolution, annotated version and technical details on Telescopius: https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/153678/deep_sky/veil-nebula/supernova-remnant/by-drgfreeman

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