#pickerings triangle

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Pickerings Triangle

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Pickerings Triangle

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Pickerings Triangle

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Pickerings Triangle/Veil Nebula full resolution 2048x1540

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Pickering’s Triangle Bob Franke (USA)

The luminous tangle of filaments of Pickering’s Triangle intertwines through the night sky. Located in the Veil Nebula, it is one of the main visual elements of a supernova remnant, whose source exploded around 8,000 years ago.

Photograph: Bob Franke/Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016/National Maritime Museum

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NGC6960 Western Veil Nebula

Image contains Veil nebula, Lace-work nebula, Filamentary nebula, NGC 6960, 52Cyg

The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus of which the Western Veil Nebula is part. It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a large but relatively faint supernova remnant. The source supernova exploded some 5,000 to 8,000 years ago, and the remnants have since expanded to cover an area roughly 3 degrees in diameter. The distance to the nebula is not precisely known, but data suggests a distance of about 1,470 light-years. The top filament strands, just below the star 52Cyg, is more commonly known as the Witches Broom nebula, and Pickering's Triangle is on the lower strands to the left.

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