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A Closer Look

The Veil Nebula: One Explosion, Told in Pieces

CALDWELL: 33, 34
NGC: 6960, 6992, 6995, 6974, 6979
OTHER: Sh 2-103, LBN 191, IC 1340
By Bob Donahue | Aug 31, 2026

A supernova's shockwave, still lighting up the gas it's plowing through, 21,000 years later