Wide-field ground-based astrophoto of the Veil Nebula
A wide-field image of the Veil Nebula, made as a colour composite from individual exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is 4.2 x 4.4 degrees.
Credit:
NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: J. Hester (Arizona State University) and Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
| Id: | heic0712g |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 31 July 2007, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0712 |
| Size: | 7781 x 8000 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Cygnus Loop, NGC 6960, Veil Nebula |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant |
| Distance: | 1500 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical B |
DSS | |
| Optical Oiii |
502 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical Sii |
673 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical H-alpha |
656 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical R |
DSS |
