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Veil Nebula

Total exposure time 4hrs 20min. Acquired with a ST8300 (Mono SBig camera using RGB filters) through a 130mm apo refractor working at F/5.2 .
The Veil is a remnant of a supernova that exploded over ten thousand years ago, and is expanding outward at a velocity of about 62 miles per second. Its about 50 light years in length and at distance of 1300 light years from us.
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Alberto Di Donato 1 month ago

Excellent job

driss elkaoukabi 3 months ago

this is great

Jeet Dholakia 12 months ago

amazing! cant believe it can also be seen from earth.

Helminadia Ranford 1 year ago

wow amazing capture !!!

Reuben Piscopo 2 years ago

This is just awesome. Nice capture. Getting shots like these is not easy. WE ARE NOT ALONE.

Martin Potucek 2 years ago

great shot. these kind require plenty of devices, equipement.... But I love to deep look. Congratulations!!!

Ansel Siegenthaler 2 years ago

Quite unordinary and certainly fantastic. Marvelous work - carry on!
cheers, Ansel

Jacob Jovelou 2 years ago

Truly fantastic. My dream is to take photos like this one :)

pop-aj 2 years ago

stunning

Frederick Lim Cung Wei 2 years ago

Amazing nature

Dean Gustafson 2 years ago

Great Image! Thanks for the explanation - made it even more interesting.

Anna Hurtig 2 years ago

Love!

Al Sheihk 2 years ago

Very fine image,and a finer subject being captured so finely.

Jasmina Gorjanski 2 years ago

Amazing!

Carola Onkamo 2 years ago

Fantastic!

Ralf Stelander 2 years ago

Very beautiful astronomy shot, with great technical quality!

Rosta Peter 2 years ago

Amazing!

Ed Buziak 2 years ago

Extraordinary... but I find it hard to come to terms with the fact that the cloud expanded by about 1 million miles whilst you made the exposure... so I'll just meditate a while in it's ethereal beauty!