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NGC 6960
NGC 6960 — Veil Nebula
Supernova Remnant
· CygnusIntermediate
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Target information
- Object type
- Supernova Remnant
- Constellation
- Cygnus
- Right ascension
- 20h 51m 00s
- Declination
- +30° 43′ 00″
- Magnitude
- 7
- Angular size
- 180′
- Surface brightness
- 13.5 mag/arcmin²
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Best months
- August, September, October
- Catalog IDs
- NGC 6960;NGC 6992;NGC 6995;NGC 6979;Caldwell 33;Caldwell 34
About this target
Full loop spans ~3 degrees; NGC 6960/6992/6995 are components.