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Sh2-103
Sh2-103 — Veil Nebula — Full Cygnus Loop
Supernova Remnant
· CygnusIntermediate
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Target information
- Object type
- Supernova Remnant
- Constellation
- Cygnus
- Right ascension
- 20h 51m 18s
- Declination
- +31° 12′ 43″
- Magnitude
- 7
- Angular size
- 180′
- Surface brightness
- 13.5 mag/arcmin²
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Best months
- August, September, October
- Catalog IDs
- Sh2-103;NGC 6960;NGC 6992;NGC 6995;NGC 6979;IC 1340;Caldwell 33;Caldwell 34
About this target
Full approximately 3-degree Veil/Cygnus Loop imaging composition, including Western Veil (NGC 6960), Eastern Veil (NGC 6992/6995/IC 1340), and Pickering's Triangle. Center is a practical wide-field composition based on ESA/Hubble DSS image, not an individual NGC object's coordinates.
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