The Western Veil Nebula (NGC6960)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 150 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , the Western Veil Nebula is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:28 (PDT), 53° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:19, 86° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:50, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
The Western Veil Nebula (NGC6960)
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Object type
Supernova remnant
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 20h45m [1] |
| Declination: | +30°35' [1] |
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Magnitude: | 7.00 (B) [1] |
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