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Loading contentPart of the Veil Nebula, a supernova remnant in Cygnus also known as the Witch's Broom Nebula.
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How Western Veil Nebula (NGC 6960) connects across Asteria Star — scientific, cultural, and astrological links are kept separate.
A catalogue of nearly 8,000 deep-sky objects.
Cygnus is a northern constellation lying along the plane of the Milky Way, one of the 88 modern constellations.
The expanding cloud of debris left behind when a star explodes as a supernova, sweeping up and shock-heating the surrounding interstellar medium. Supernova remnants seed the galaxy with heavy elements, accelerate cosmic rays, and — like the Crab — can harbour the neutron star born in the collapse.
H II region in Dorado, magnitude 7.25.
Reflection nebula in Taurus.
Planetary nebula in Cygnus, magnitude 9.44.
Planetary nebula in Delphinus, magnitude 11.1.
Planetary nebula in Centaurus, magnitude 8.1.
Planetary nebula in Cepheus, magnitude 11.89.
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