NGC 6960 · Supernova remnant · Cygnus

Veil Nebula

Also known as C 34 · LBN 191 · Filamentary Nebula · Western Veil

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Type

Supernova remnant

Constellation

Cygnus

Position (J2000)

20h 45m 58s · +30° 35′ 42″

Discovered

by William Herschel in 1784

Pictures

1

Magnitude

7

visual

Size

210′ × 160′

Distance

~2,400 ly

Best months

Jul–Sep

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.