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This is the Eastern portion of the Veil Nebula. The nebula is a portion of  a large supernova remnant. It is speculated that the supernova exploded between 5 and 8,000 years ago  at a distance of roughly 1500 light years from Earth.

90 minutes of Luminance, 1x1 binning.

50 minutes each of  Red, Green and Blue, 1x1 binning.

Five minute sub-frames.

10/26/11-10/27/11

09/11/10

Image acquired using SBIG St-10XME camera with Astrodon filter set through modified 80mm  Orion Express telescope with William Optics FR III

Veil Nebula in Cygnus