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NGC 6992 · Supernova remnant · Cygnus

Eastern Veil

Also known as C 33 · Network Nebula

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Type

Supernova remnant

Constellation

Cygnus

Position (J2000)

20h 56m 19s · +31° 44′ 34″

Discovered

by William Herschel in 1784

Pictures

3

Magnitude

7

visual

Size

60′ × 8′

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.