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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня IC1340 в восточной части туманности Вуаль http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1193390/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Loke Kun Tan
(StarryScapes)
Explanation:
These ghostly filaments of interstellar gas are just a small
part of the
expansive
Veil Nebula, seen against a rich field
of background stars in the
long-necked
constellation
Cygnus.
Also known as the
Cygnus Loop, the Veil Nebula is a
supernova remnant,
the expanding debris cloud created by a stellar
explosion whose light first reached planet Earth
from 5,000 to 10,000 years ago.
About 1,400 light-years away,
the entire nebula now appears
to span an over 3 degrees on
the sky, nearly 6 times the apparent size of the full moon,
but is faint and can be difficult to see in small telescopes.
The region captured in
this
beautiful, deep, color image
is located at the southern tip of the Veil's
eastern
crescent.
It covers about 10 light-years at the distance of
the Veil and is cataloged as IC1340.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.