Revisiting the Veil Nebula

esahubble_heic1520a September 24th, 2015

Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team

This image shows a small section of the Veil Nebula, as it was observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This section of the outer shell of the famous supernova remnant is in a region known as NGC 6960 or more colloquially the Witchs Broom Nebula.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic1520a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Cygnus Loop • NGC 6960 • Veil Nebula
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 20h 45m 42.6s; DEC = 30° 57’ 53.9”
Orientation: North is 137.7° CCW
Field of View: 7.1 x 4.7 arcminutes
Constellation: Cygnus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFC3)	Optical (OIII)	502.0 nm
Hubble (WFC3)	Optical (H-alpha)	657.0 nm
Hubble (WFC3)	Optical (SII)	673.0 nm
Hubble (WFC3)	Optical (V)	555.0 nm
Hubble (WFC3)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm

ID: heic1520a
Subject Category: B.4.1.4
Subject Name: Cygnus Loop, NGC 6960, Veil Nebula
Credits: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team

Release Date: 2015-09-24T16:00:00
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Reference Url: https://esahubble.org/images/heic1520a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment: Blue, Red, Green, Cyan, Orange

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: OIII, H-alpha, SII, V, I
Central Wavelength: 502, 657, 673, 555, 814

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Dataset ID: -, None, None, None, None
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 311.427588625, 30.9649765181
Reference Dimension: 10681.0, 7121.0

Reference Pixel: 5340.5, 3560.5
Scale: -1.11003548636e-05, 1.11003548636e-05
Rotation: 137.65999999999946
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: https://esahubble.org
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Address: ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
City: Baltimore
State/Province: MD

Postal Code: 21218
Country: United States
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic1520a

Resource URL: http://esahubble.org/media/archives/images/original/heic1520a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2015-08-28T12:41:56+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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