Sunny Priyan
In this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, Hubble once again lifts the veil on a famous and frequently photographed supernova remnant- the Veil Nebula.
The Veil Nebula, the photogenic remnant of a star 20 times the mass of the Sun that exploded 10,000 years ago, lies 2,400 light-years away in Cygnus and has been captured by Hubble in 1994, 1997, and 2015.
This view combines images taken in three different filters by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3, highlighting emission from hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen atoms.
The image shows just a small fraction of the Veil Nebula; if you could see the entire nebula without the aid of a telescope, it would be as wide as six full Moons placed side-by-side.
Although this image captures the Veil Nebula at a single point in time, it helps researchers understand how the supernova remnant evolves over decades.
Combining this snapshot with Hubble observations from 1994 will reveal the motion of individual knots and filaments of gas over that span of time, enhancing our understanding of this stunning nebula.