NGC 6992 Eastern Veil Nebula

Magnitude 7.0 cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust located 2,400 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. It is part of the Cygnus Loop which is a faint supernova remnant that exploded 7,000 years ago. From the moment the source star exploded to now, the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant expanded to a diameter of roughly 3° on the sky, or almost 6 full moons.

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