Revisiting the Veil Nebula
Date: 24 September 2015
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: Cygnus Loop, NGC 6960, Veil Nebula
Copyright: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team
This image shows a small section of the Veil Nebula, as it was observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This section of the outer shell of the famous supernova remnant is in a region known as NGC 6960 or – more colloquially – the Witch's Broom Nebula.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
