The Veil nebula is the smoking remains of a supernova that light up the sky 10 – 20,000 years ago. This image shows the extent of the super nova remnant a shockwave of gas and debris still expanding through space a 1.5 million km/h.
This version is the original data from the Smoking Gun enhanced with Hydrogen alpha data shot at higher resolution and applied as the luminosity layer.
Photographer: Ronan Hunt
Full Resolution: 1818x1454 pix, 1/1 Edition Jpeg
Image Credit: Ronan Hunt