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The Veil Nebula: Wide-field Ground-based Astrophoto

The Veil Nebula: Wide-field Ground-based Astrophoto

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

Distance: 1,500 light years


Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (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)

Release Date: July 31, 2007


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