Veil Filaments (Cygnus Loop)
This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. It shows faint filaments that are part of a large supernova remnant called the Cygnus Loop. It is located about 1,500 light-years from Earth. These filaments are the remains of a star that exploded 5,000 to 10,000 years ago. The image was generated with observations in the Oxygen [OIII] (blue), Sulphur [S II] (green) and Hydrogen-Alpha (orange) filters. In this image, North is down, East is right.
Credit:T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
About the Image
| Id: | noao-veil_filaments |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | June 30, 2020, 9:34 p.m. |
| Size: | 8192 x 8192 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Cygnus Loop, Veil Filaments |
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Category: | Nebulae |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 20 50 9.22 |
| Position (Dec): | 30° 14' 20.41" |
| Field of view: | 35.39 x 35.54 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 179.9° right of vertical |
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Colors & filters
| Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical Olll | 499 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
| Optical Sll | 672 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
| Optical Ha | 656 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |