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NGC6960, The Western Veil Nebula, Supernova Remnant in Cygnus
The Veil Nebula is one of my deepsky nemeses; it’s big (over 3° across if you get the whole thing at once), it’s dim,and it always seems to be in just the exact place where my telescope doesn’t want to point.

Here’s the main part of the Western Loop.

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