Description: The Veil
Nebula or The Lacework Nebula, is a large roughly 3 degree
diameter region of nebulosity off the Eastern Wing of Cygnus so
large it was divided up into NGC6960 Western Veil and NGC6992
and NGC6995 Eastern Veil, with knots of nebulosity NGC6974 and
NGC6979. It is a region of superheated clouds of ionised gas and
dust about 2400Ly away that resulted from a supernova from a
star estimated to have been about 20 times more massive than our
Sun that blew up ~10k to 20k years ago. The thin rope like
filaments are portions of the expanding shock waves seen edge on
and are estimated to be about the thickness of the average
distance between Earth and Pluto for reference. (source:
Wikipedia) Camera: ASI2600MC Telescope: Williams Optics
RedCat51 Exposure: 9hrs of 3min
exposures blended with 3hrs of 10min exposures with no filter Location: Cypress Hills Park
near Elkwater AB Imaged: September 2025 Processed in Pixinsight with RCAstro Tools
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