The featured image shows a starfield with a multi-colored nebula in the center. The nebula is quite filamentary but appears to some like a bat. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
这张特色图片展示了一片星空，中央有一个色彩斑斓的星云。星云呈丝状，但有些人觉得它像一只蝙蝠。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
The featured image shows a starfield with a two-colored nebula in the center. The nebula is colored mostly red and blue. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
这张特色图片显示了一个中心有一个双色星云的星场。星云的颜色主要是红色和蓝色。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
2023年10月18日 Dust and the Western Veil Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Jiang Wu Explanation: It’s so big it is easy to miss. The entire Veil Nebula spans six times the diameter of the full moon, but is so dim you need binoculars to see it. The nebula was created about 15,000 years ago whe
2022年6月22日 Supernova Remnant: The Veil Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Craig Stocks (Utah Desert Remote Observatories) Explanation: Ten thousand years ago, before the dawn of recorded human history, a new light would have suddenly have appeared in the night sky and faded after a few weeks. Tod
2021年10月27日 NGC 6995: The Bat Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Howard Trottier Explanation: Do you see the bat? It haunts this cosmic close-up of the eastern Veil Nebula. The Veil Nebula itself is a large supernova remnant, the expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star.
2021年04月05日 Veil Nebula: Wisps of an Exploded Star Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Z. Levay Explanation: Wisps like this are all that remain visible of a Milky Way star. About 7,000 years ago that star exploded in a supernova leaving the Veil Nebula. At the time, the expanding cloud was likely
2021年02月11日 Cygnus Mosaic 2010 – 2020 Image Credit & Copyright: J-P Metsavainio (Astro Anarchy) Explanation: In brush strokes of interstellar dust and glowing gas, this beautiful skyscape is painted across the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy near the northern end of the Great Rift and the c
2020年9月28日 Filaments of the Cygnus Loop Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Blair; Acknowledgement: Leo Shatz Explanation: What lies at the edge of an expanding supernova? Subtle and delicate in appearance, these ribbons of shocked interstellar gas are part of a blast wave at the expanding edge
2019 November 25 NGC 6995: The Bat Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Josep Drudis Explanation: Do you see the bat? It haunts this cosmic close-up of the eastern Veil Nebula. The Veil Nebula itself is a large supernova remnant, the expanding debris cloud from the death explosion of a massive star.
