Deep Sky Creations
Double-Wide Image of Pickering's Triangle (noao0801a)

NGC 6979 · supernova remnant

Pickering's Triangle

The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus.

RA20h 50m 28sDec+32° 01' 33"

Image: T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN and NOIRLab/ NSF /AURA. CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Identity & coordinates

Identification

Primary designation
NGC 6979
All designations
NGC 6979 · Pickering's Triangle
Object type
Supernova Remnant
Constellation
Cygnus
Best viewing
Summer · Autumn

Coordinates & physical

Right ascension (J2000)
20h 50m 28s
Declination (J2000)
+32° 01' 33"
Apparent magnitude (V)
—
Distance
—
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Visibility tonight
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The science

The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia · CC-BY-SA-4.0

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Companions

Other objects nearby in Cygnus, or of similar character.

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References

1 merge conflict resolved
  • coordinates: SIMBAD missing → NED used