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The Veil Nebula - the big picture
The entire Veil Nebula (also known as the Cygnus Loop) is BIG - it covers over five times the size of the full Moon. My previous three posts were recent images of the three brightest parts of the complex. Here I have mosaicked together five separate older images so you can see the individual parts in relation to each other.
December 31, 2021 194 words 1 min read
The Western Veil Nebula
The large and extensive Veil Nebula deserves another look. Here we see another separate portion, the western part of the nebula.
November 19, 2021 143 words 1 min read