Uncovering the Veil Nebula: This image shows a small portion of the Veil Nebula. The highlighted portions are images taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The colour is produced by composite of three different images. The different colours indicate emission from different kinds of atoms excited by the shock: blue shows oxygen, green shows sulphur, and red shows hydrogen.

Name: Cygnus Loop, NGC 6960, Veil Nebula
Type: Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant
Category: Nebulae
Distance: 1500 light years
Release date: 31 July 2007, 15:00
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and the  Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: J. Hester (Arizona State University)   and Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

Wide-field ground-based astrophoto of the Veil Nebula: A wide-field image of the Veil Nebula, made as a colour composite from individual exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is 4.2 x 4.4 degrees.

Name: Cygnus Loop, NGC 6960, Veil Nebula
Type: Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant
Category: Nebulae
Constellation: Cygnus
Distance: 1500 light years
Release date: 31 July 2007, 15:00
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration,  and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: J. Hester (Arizona State University)   and Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

Wide-field ground-based astrophoto of the Veil Nebula: A wide-field image of the Veil Nebula, made as a colour composite from individual exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is 4.2 x 4.4 degrees.

Name: Cygnus Loop, NGC 6960, Veil Nebula
Type: Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant
Category: Nebulae
Constellation: Cygnus
Distance: 1500 light years
Release date: 31 July 2007, 15:00
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration,  and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: J. Hester (Arizona State University)   and Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

Wide-field ground-based astrophoto of the Veil Nebula: A wide-field image of the Veil Nebula, made as a colour composite from individual exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is 4.2 x 4.4 degrees.

Name: Cygnus Loop, NGC 6960, Veil Nebula
Type: Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant
Category: Nebulae
Constellation: Cygnus
Distance: 1500 light years
Release date: 31 July 2007, 15:00
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration,  and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: J. Hester (Arizona State University)   and Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

Wide-field ground-based astrophoto of the Veil Nebula: A wide-field image of the Veil Nebula, made as a colour composite from individual exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is 4.2 x 4.4 degrees.

Name: Cygnus Loop, NGC 6960, Veil Nebula
Type: Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant
Category: Nebulae
Constellation: Cygnus
Distance: 1500 light years
Release date: 31 July 2007, 15:00
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration,  and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: J. Hester (Arizona State University)   and Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

Milky-Way towards the constellation of Cygnus (ground-based image): A wide-field ground-based image of the Milky Way plane. The constellation of Cygnus, where the veil nebula is located, appears in the top of the image.

Name: Cygnus Loop, NGC 6960, Veil Nebula
Type: Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Supernova RemnantMilky Way : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Constellation
Category: Galaxies
Distance: 1500 light years
Release date: 31 July 2007, 15:00
Credit: A. Fujii