This picture of a spectre in the Eastern Veil was made Astronomy Picture of the Day on October 30, 2014. This is a closeup of the Veil Nebula, a remnant of a supernova. Located in Cygnus, the Veil Nebula covers about 3 degrees of the sky. The Veil Nebula is about 1400 lightyears away from Earth, and is about 3 lightyears long.
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