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The Veil Nebula is a large supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus. The supernova which created the nebula occurred more than 30.000 years ago, about 1.600 light years away towards the Cygnus arm of our galaxy. The remnant takes the form of a large 3 degrees wide loop in the sky.
To the southwest of the Veil Nebula NGC 6940 is located, an open star cluster that is already located in the constellation Vulpecula containing approx. 100 stars.
To the north of the Veil there are several very faint patches of emission luminosity which are far extensions of the North American/Pelican Nebula complex. They are all designated with LBN numbers.
The Milky Way in Cygnus, zoom lens photograph.
Western Part of the Veil Nebula, Wright-Newtonian photograph.
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