"IC1340 - Eastern Veil Nebula"
IC1340 - Eastern Veil Nebula
Keiko Yamasaki
Media: Archival Metal Print
Size: 16"x16"
Price: $250
Description:
A middle-aged supernova remnant. It is the shattered remains of a supernova that occurred some 5-10,000 years ago. The image provides a beautiful view of the delicate, wispy structure resulting from this cosmic event. Also known as Cygnus Loop, the Veil Nebula is located in the constellation of Cygnus, the Swan, and is about 1,500 light-years away from Earth. The different colours indicate emission from different kinds of atoms excited by the shock: blue shows oxygen, green shows sulphur, and red shows hydrogen.
