Eastern Veil Nebula

Pete
Eastern Veil Nebula (colour image)
Eastern Veil Nebula (colour image)

This is a new target for me. The eastern veil nebula forms part of an area of heated ionized gas known collectively as the Veil Nebula. It is the remnant of a supernova that exploded 5-8 thousand years ago. It can be found in the constellation Cygnus and is approx 1470 light years from earth.

Eastern Veil Nebula (Omega -3 filter)
Eastern Veil Nebula (Omega -3 filter)
Eastern Veil Nebula (H-alpha filter)
Eastern Veil Nebula (H-alpha filter)

I found this really amazing photo of the nebula taken by the Hubble telescope

photo from Hubble Heritage (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hubble-heritage/)
photo from Hubble Heritage (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hubble-heritage/)
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I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.

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