Parag
Parag

Veil nebula is a supernova remnant - an expanding cloud of gas resulting from the explosion/death of a massive star. This image shows only the western part of this large nebula (covers ~6 full moons) which lies at about 1500 light years in the constellation of Cygnus.

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William Optics UltraCat 108, f/4.8, 518 mm fl; ASI2600MC-Duo; Optolong LeXtreme dualband filter; 40 x 3 min exposures; processed using SIRIL and Photoshop
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SRDas@mastodon.online
SRDas@mastodon.online

@astrovelo wow - amazing!

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Parag
Parag

@Parag The bottom left part of the nebula in this image was named “Pickering’s triangle”. It is rightfully renamed as “Fleming’s triangular wisp”. Here is the interesting story of a remarkable woman for this name change.

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Miraz
Miraz

@Parag Excellent story about Williamina Fleming. Thanks for the link.

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Parag
Parag

@Miraz I hope you liked my picture of Fleming’s triangular wisp. 😄

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Miraz
Miraz

@Parag I did. 😁

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