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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.

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