Bruce Murray Space Image Library

NGC 6992 - The Eastern Veil Nebula

NGC 6992 - The Eastern Veil Nebula
NGC 6992 - The Eastern Veil Nebula The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. Processor: Oliver Czernetz Data: The Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II)

NGC 6992 - The Eastern Veil Nebula The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. Data from the POSS-II Survey (R,B; Green synthesized from R+B). Image Assembly and Processing: Oliver Czernetz Software: Fits Liberator, Photoshop CS5

The Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II) was made by the California Institute of Technology with funds from the National Science Foundation, the National Geographic Society, the Sloan Foundation, the Samuel Oschin Foundation, and the Eastman Kodak Corporation